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CHARLES GLENNON SCHWARTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – December 6, 1969
Service recordCharles Glennon Schwartz, of Marthasville, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 33
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Marthasville, Missouri (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 33
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · December 6, 1969
- PETER KALANI MIRANDASpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- TONY RAY TURNERLance Corporal · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MARTIN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 34
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.