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CHARLES JOSEPH ANTONELLY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1945 – November 6, 1965
Service recordCharles Joseph Antonelly, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 23
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- JAMES J CRAFTONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.