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CHARLES ROECKL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1949 – March 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Roeckl, of Huntington, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 83
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 83
- JACK LEE REXRODESpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MERVIN RALPH RICHTERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- ELLIS ANDRE ROBERTSONLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 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.