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CHARLES FRANK HUFF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1946 – June 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Frank Huff, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 2
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 2
- WILLIAM LEE JARBOEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- BILLIE CLIFFORD LOOMISPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- LUIS ALFONSO LOPEZ-RAMOSSergeant · June 3, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.