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CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JR
Warrant Officer · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1925 – October 8, 1963
Service recordCharles F Whitehead JR, of Mill Valley, California, served as a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Warrant Officer (WO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- October 18, 1925
- Home of record
- Mill Valley, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 31
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- WILBUR TURBY DUNLAPSergeant First Class · October 15, 1963
From Mill Valley
- RONALD DAVID MILESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- EARLE AVON DRAKECaptain · August 6, 1967
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK SHANNON JRSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.