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EDWARD WILLIAM CHARLES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordEdward William Charles, of Gillett, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 73
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
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Gillett, Arkansas (Arkansas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 73
- JAMES CABARUBIOCorporal · June 18, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLANPrivate · June 18, 1969
- GEORGE DARE CARRCaptain · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE CARRPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.