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CHARLES EDWIN ENGLE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 8, 1945 – February 22, 1971
Service recordCharles Edwin Engle, of Carlos, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 22, 1971, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Carlos, Indiana (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 130
- MITCHELL BRUCE SMITHSpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · February 21, 1971
- LARRY GENE MITCHELLCorporal · February 22, 1971
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.