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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 John Treweek.

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CHARLES JOHN TREWEEK

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

April 29, 1947 – May 27, 1968

Service record

Charles John Treweek, of St Francis, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 64W · Line 2

Position of Panel 64W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Machinegunner (0331)
Born
April 29, 1947
Home of record
St Francis, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 27, 1968
Age
21
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.