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CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1941 – October 8, 1963
Service recordCharles Preston Tuthill, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 31
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
- Born
- April 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 31
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- WILBUR TURBY DUNLAPSergeant First Class · October 15, 1963
From Uniondale
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.