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CHARLES LEONARD YATES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1947 – April 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Leonard Yates, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 45
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 45
- INGO JULIUS ROBERT WISKOWSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- THOMAS S WOODLAND JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.