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CHARLES JOSEPH RACHON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1945 – April 22, 1968
Service recordCharles Joseph Rachon, of White Plains, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 33
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- SIMON RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
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.