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CHARLES EVERETT BOXLER
Private · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – October 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Everett Boxler, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 126
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 126
- GARY ALLEN BESTSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE CAMPBELLCaptain · October 28, 1969
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · October 28, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HERMAN AYALASpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 125
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 126
- BILLY WAYNE DENLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 127
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH DULANE TADEVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 129
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.