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CHARLES W SHARMAN III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1946 – September 7, 1969
Service recordCharles W Sharman III, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 56
- LARRY KENNETH ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SAMPERSPetty Officer First Class · September 7, 1969
- LARRY TRUMAN SANDERSCorporal · September 7, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.