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KARL DAVID SOBOLIK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 8, 1934 – November 26, 1966
Service recordKarl David Sobolik, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 123
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 123
- ADRIAN FLOYD PURNELLFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ALDEN LAVERNE RILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · November 26, 1966
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.