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CHARLES FRANKLIN STRAFELLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1950 – October 19, 1968
Service recordCharles Franklin Strafello, of Avon, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Avon, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 5
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- RAYMOND CLARENCE WALDROPPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
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.