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CHARLES EDWARD KAHLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1937 – November 1, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Kahler, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 6 INF
- Born
- October 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 4
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MICHAELISSergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1967
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.