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CHARLES TYRONE DAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1943 – September 3, 1966
Service recordCharles Tyrone Day, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 63
- DAVID CHARLES DEWITTPrivate · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- DANIEL SAMUEL FERRYPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- MALCOLM CARLIS SMITHLance Corporal · January 26, 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.