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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Henry McFarland.

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CHARLES HENRY MCFARLAND

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

February 26, 1946 – July 4, 1967

Service record

Charles Henry McFarland, of Ferris, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 23E · Line 5

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Assaultman (0351)
Unit (as recorded)
HS CO 2 BN 3 MAR 1 MARDIV
Born
February 26, 1946
Home of record
Ferris, Texas (Dallas County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 4, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

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49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 23E, Line 5

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.