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CHARLES WILLIAM MCLEOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordCharles William McLeod, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 84
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; six 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 84
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.