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CHARLES RAY MARSHALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordCharles Ray Marshall, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 25
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 25
- DAVID JOSEPH LATORIAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JAMES HARVEY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LELAND EDDY LOFSTROMLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE MIDTHUNPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.