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CHARLES HANSEN VESEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1946 – April 20, 1969
Service recordCharles Hansen Vesey, of Napa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 13
- RONALD BOHANNONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BOUCHERCaptain · April 20, 1969
- CHARLIE PAUL BRYANT JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.