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CHARLES JAMES WHYTE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1943 – May 28, 1968
Service recordCharles James Whyte, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 1
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)
- Born
- June 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 1
- BOBBY LEE WHEELERCorporal · May 28, 1968
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOHN HERMAN WILKENSStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1968
- EARNEST LYNN WITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 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.