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CHARLES PETER SEARLES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordCharles Peter Searles, of Burbank, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 13
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 MOTOR TRANS BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 13
- ALEXANDER ANTHONY ROCZENPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- RAYMOND BEN SHAWNCorporal · July 4, 1968
- DON TYRONE SHEARERLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.