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CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1944 – September 10, 1967
Service recordCharles William Horvath, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 45
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- RICHARD LAKE HOLYCROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 10, 1967
- LESTER HOUX JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 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.