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CHARLES MAHELONA IOPA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1945 – September 10, 1965
Service recordCharles Mahelona Iopa, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 80
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
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 80
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- LEO ALLEN BAUERCaptain · September 10, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- HENRY JAMES ZEICHERTLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
From Hilo
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 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.