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LOEL FRANKLIN REXROAD
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1933 – April 17, 1970
Service recordLoel Franklin Rexroad, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 18
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
- Born
- September 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 18
- NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERYCorporal · April 17, 1970
- JERRY LEE PRENTNERSergeant First Class · April 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.