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CHARLES VERNON FIRTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – August 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Vernon Firth, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 13
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- ANIBAL FALCONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSONFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.