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CHARLES ROBERT WETZEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordCharles Robert Wetzel, of Penns Grove, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Penns Grove, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 111
- THOMAS WARDROP IIIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID BRANIARD WARRENStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1966
- LESTER ARTHUR WESIGHANCorporal · March 4, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
From Penns Grove
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROY MORGAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT CHEEKSCorporal · April 28, 1967
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- LARRY HANSEN BOWENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- THOMAS SAMUEL ROGERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 14, 1970
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.