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CHARLES TRUITT COURSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1944 – March 26, 1966
Service recordCharles Truitt Courson, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 MOTOR TRANS BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 51
- GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- CLARENCE ALBERT WHITEHEADSergeant · March 25, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH HILLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
From Tyler
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 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.