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CHARLES HUE GATEWOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1950 – May 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Hue Gatewood, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 9
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 31, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 62W, Line 9
- WILLIAM GARY GIFFORDLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY GOODSONSergeant · May 31, 1968
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GORECorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK GRAYLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.