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CHARLES V VASQUEZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1941 – June 16, 1968
Service recordCharles V Vasquez JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 10
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD TULLYStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1968
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · June 16, 1968
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEEVERNE RICHARD ACHOEPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- ALAN RAY DUKECorporal · Panel 56W, Line 2
- NED TURNER DYBVIGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 2
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 7
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.