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CHARLES JAMES NOLDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 16, 1929 – January 18, 1970
Service recordCharles James Nolder, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 44
- STEVEN AL MUELLERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · January 18, 1970
- DAVID HENRY STOPPELWERTHSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
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.