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CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1943 – October 14, 1967
Service recordCharles Yaghoobian JR, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 6
- WILLIAM IVAN WHITEPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- JOHN DEWEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LAWRENCE ADAM WOJCIKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DUANE JOHN FOSSLance Corporal · Panel 27E, Line 108
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
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.