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EARL EUGENE CHARLES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1944 – October 9, 1969
Service recordEarl Eugene Charles, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 54
- ADRIAN LAURENCE ALLENLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE BOOKERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 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.