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CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1947 – July 5, 1967
Service recordCharles Manley Gattis JR, of Crete, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 11
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Crete, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 11
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HOEWELERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Crete
- TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · September 12, 1969
- GLENN ALLEN PARKSSergeant · June 20, 1970
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.