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LIBERO CHARLES HANDEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1950 – September 1, 1969
Service recordLibero Charles Handel, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 20
- JULIAN ESCOBEDO JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY HUTCHESONSergeant · September 1, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MARSHLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
- ALBERT CAYRL MCBRIDETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
From Cleveland Heights
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 1968
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.