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EDWIN NEWTON TROXEL
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 29, 1929 – August 2, 1971
Service recordEdwin Newton Troxel, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 2, 1971, in Laos, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 122
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 29, 1929
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1971. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 122
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT ALLEN PULASKISergeant · August 3, 1971
- MARK LELAND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1971
- RAYMOND ALFRED ROSESpecialist Five · August 4, 1971
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
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.