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CHARLES WILLIAM RACHAL
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 7, 1923 – May 16, 1965
Service recordCharles William Rachal, of Lena, Louisiana, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 119
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 7, 1923
- Home of record
- Lena, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; 26 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 119
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- ERNEST MCFERONCaptain · May 16, 1965
- CLIFFORD H RAULERSON JRAirman First Class · May 16, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH SEAMANTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 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.