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CHARLES MERLIN MOE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Merlin Moe JR, of Lake Odessa, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 32
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Odessa, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 32
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD EARL MAYSergeant · May 17, 1969
- JOSEPH MCCANTS JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- LOWELL WAYNE MEYERPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 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.