Lyric discussion by jrhmasters 

After a bit of searching I believe this to be about a member of Wesleys family, the lead singer. There was a 2ndLT Charles John Schultz USMC killed in Vietnam, born 1944 as the lyrics said and from Metuchen as the song suggets. All seems abit of a coincidence. I think this is the meaning for this.

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