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CHARLES MARTIN BEAR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Martin Bear, of Newport, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 18
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
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 18
- DANIEL HYMAN BOLDENSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- RUSSELL DON BUCKNERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CARLOS MANUEL COLLAZOSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
From Newport
- GARY EUGENE ELFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLENSpecialist Five · August 18, 1966
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 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.