Decoteau, Charles L.
Army Recruit

Charles L. Decoteau, age 18, from Marlboro, Maryland, Prince George’s county.

Parents: Mrs. Edgar M. Denning

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduate of Edwards Military Institute in Salemburg, North Carolina

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Mountain View in San Bernardino, California

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com, Baltimore Evening Sun (1961)