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CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1944 – April 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Herbert Neel JR, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 18
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Wheat Ridge, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 18
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZ-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
From Wheat Ridge
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLAYTON CHARLES KEMP JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- ARMAND RENE THOUVENELLPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- KURT MUELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 1971
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.