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CHARLES ROBERT HEMPEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1944 – October 31, 1965
Service recordCharles Robert Hempel JR, of Broad Channel, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Broad Channel, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 9
- DONALD DEAN HASKINSPetty Officer Second Class · October 31, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
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.