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CHARLES WILLIAM PIATT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordCharles William Piatt, of New Matamoras, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 108
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- New Matamoras, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 108
- JAMES SANDERS PEREZPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- HERMAN ROY PHELPSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK POLLARDLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From New Matamoras
- FRANCIS WAYNE BEAGLESergeant · January 5, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL JANEDASpecialist Four · May 26, 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.