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ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1946 – June 25, 1966
Service recordErnest William Strehle, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 95
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 95
- ANDREW THOMAS BESTStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1966
- RICHARD LEE STRANGESergeant · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT DAMIAN WUERTZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
From Mundelein
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
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.