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CHARLES DAVID METZLER
Commander · U.S. Navy
February 13, 1934 – June 21, 1971
Service recordCharles David Metzler, of Downey, California, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 21, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- FITRON 194 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- February 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 85
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · June 21, 1971
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · June 21, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM WOODSSergeant · June 21, 1971
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
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.