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CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1949 – April 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Lonnell McLaurin, of Clinton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 48
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
- October 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 48
- JOHN EDWIN CHARLE MULCAHYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON PARKER IIMajor · April 24, 1968
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
From Clinton
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH PETE WILSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · July 27, 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.