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CHARLES JOHN EISENACHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1941 – February 6, 1968
Service recordCharles John Eisenacher, of Torrance, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 58
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Mechanized Accounting (3042)
- Born
- May 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 58
- EUGENE EARL HENRYCorporal · February 6, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK HERMANSONSecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 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.