Photo above in medals box and article next from the Philadelphia Daily News of October 26, 1987. The special supplement entitled, 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' was published in conjunction
with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
Diamond loved life and helping those in need, his mother recalled. He brought home stray cats and dogs while growing up, so it was no surprise when he
wrote his parents that he wanted to bring home a VietNam orphan when his tour of duty was over. "I went to confession once and communion three times
since I've been here," he wrote home. "Pray that I maintain my character and never allow myself to slip."
The 1967 Cardinal Doughtery High School graduate worked as a shipping clerk for the Moyer clothing store until he was drafted into the Army in June of 1969.
The 20-year-old private first class, a medical corpsman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, Americal Division,
died in Chu Lai, Quang Tin Province, on February 2, 1970. He was survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister.
PFC Diamond was survived by his mother Mary T Magner (1917-2009), father Harry Joseph Diamonr (1911-1993), brothers Harry J. Jr., Francis I. Diamond and sister
Kathryn Anne Diamond.
PFC Charles Edward Diamond is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and his parents in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery, Berlin, Camden County, New Jersey. His father was a World War II veteran.
- - The Virtual Wall, 16 November 2023
