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CHARLES G OBERLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1925 – November 15, 1966
Service recordCharles G Oberle, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- November 27, 1925
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 75
- EDWARD ARTHUR MCWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- FRED MELVIN PENNINGTONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.