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CHARLES CARL WINDELER JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 28, 1944 – April 5, 1972
Service recordCharles Carl Windeler JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 130
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1972; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 130
- JAMES HAROLD ALLEYSergeant · April 6, 1972
- ALLEN JONES AVERYTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
- JOHN HENRY CALL IIICaptain · April 6, 1972
- PETER HAYDEN CHAPMAN IICaptain · April 6, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HENRY MERSHON SPENGLER IIICaptain · Panel 2W, Line 129
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.