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EARL HENRY ZAEHLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – October 27, 1968
Service recordEarl Henry Zaehler, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 47
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 1968
- GARY WAYNE WEIRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- HILTON EDWARD WOOLSEYCorporal · October 27, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.