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CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLWEDEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordCharles William Hollwedel, of Tinley Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 27
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tinley Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 27
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HARTGENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- JOHN ONA HAYNESSpecialist Four · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM K HINCKLEY JRAirman · July 29, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
From Tinley Park
- CHARLES JOHN RILEYLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ROGER LYNN MCRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- EDWARD JAMES NOVAKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
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.