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CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 11, 1945 – March 16, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Pressler, of Bay Village, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 8
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Bay Village, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 8
- AVERY MERRILL NYE IIICorporal · March 16, 1970
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · March 16, 1970
- WAYNE DONALD PEAGLERSergeant · March 16, 1970
- ROBIN ANDREW PEARCELieutenant · March 16, 1970
From Bay Village
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEKCorporal · May 21, 1969
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.