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CHARLES LESTER ISLEY III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1946 – November 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Lester Isley III, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 95
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 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- 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
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 95
- CHARLES JERRY GAINESSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- JIMMIE CARROL HONLEYStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- GLENDELL EUGENE YATESTechnical Sergeant · November 20, 1966
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.