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CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 2, 1946 – May 3, 1966
Service recordCharles Robert Trescott, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 21
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS STOKESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1967
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.