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CHARLES FINNEY SORROW JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – December 21, 1967
Service recordCharles Finney Sorrow JR, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 40
- GLENN HAROLD SIMMONSCorporal · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SMEDLEYCorporal · December 21, 1967
- DONALD LAVERN SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- MURRAY LAWRENCE SMITHMajor · December 21, 1967
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.