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CHARLES RICHARD WISHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1946 – May 25, 1967
Service recordCharles Richard Wisham, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 109
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- 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
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 109
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BELANDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.