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CHARLES WILBU PORTERFIELD
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1939 – March 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Wilbu Porterfield, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 10
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- December 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 10
- FRANK ANTHONY OBRIEN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- ERWIN ANDREW POLTLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR ONEILL PRENDERGASTPetty Officer First Class · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE FLOYD PROFFERPetty Officer First Class · March 24, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.