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CHARLES LEONARD TROXEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – August 16, 1969
Service recordCharles Leonard Troxel, of Iola, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 52
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Iola, Kansas (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 52
- RONALD EUGENE SHIPLEYStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WIBBENSCorporal · August 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE BARRSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 50
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 50
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 51
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 51
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Iola
- JOHN ARTHUR MOTTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JOHN JAMES HARRISCorporal · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE GOODNERPrivate First Class · 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.