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MICHAEL JOHN CHARLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMichael John Charley, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 5
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
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 5
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · May 5, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
From New Kensington
- WILLIAM H GAMBLESergeant · June 13, 1966
- GEORGE ARTHUR LINKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES STEVEN DUDDYAirman First Class · January 1, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · September 3, 1972
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.