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CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1948 – February 15, 1968
Service recordCharles Francis McGrath, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 50
- CLAYTON LIGGINSStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH MARGLECaptain · February 15, 1968
- DOMENICO MORGERA JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
From Springfield
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID MCHUGHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JOSEPH GRISAFISeaman · October 3, 1972
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.