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CHARLES KENNETH SIDES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1945 – March 26, 1965
Service recordCharles Kenneth Sides, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 98
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Operational Communicator (2500)
- Born
- February 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 98
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- MANOLITO WISCO CASTILLOPetty Officer Second Class · March 30, 1965
- WENDELL THEO ELIASONFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MAGELFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1965
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
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.