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CHARLES RANDELL CORNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1949 – August 25, 1968
Service recordCharles Randell Cornett, of Stroud, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Stroud, Oklahoma (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 13
- JEFFREY THOMPSON CRAMERSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- GUY ALLEN DAVISONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- DONALD LEE MCCLANAHANLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
From Stroud
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- EDWARD MORRISSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- GARY WAYNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · June 14, 1971
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.