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JOSEPH MICHAEL CHEARNLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1949 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Chearnley, of Shelby, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 7
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Shelby, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 7
- EDWIN LEWIS CAHALLPetty Officer First Class · June 9, 1968
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · June 9, 1968
- NATHANIEL CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Shelby
- KENNETH EUGENE THORNTONSergeant · November 15, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD TROXELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- DELBERT O LEWISPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MOSS JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BRUCE COPLEYPrivate First Class · June 21, 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.