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CHARLES HENRY GOLDMEYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1949 – September 25, 1969
Service recordCharles Henry Goldmeyer, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 7
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 7
- DAVID PAUL HENRYStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- DAVID ROLLAND JACKSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1969
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.