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CHARLES WILLIAM DEPP
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1943 – September 11, 1966
Service recordCharles William Depp, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 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
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1966; seven 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 86
- CHARLES ALFRED BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · September 11, 1966
- EARNEST LEE BEAMPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.