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ROYAL TINDORF KRELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – December 5, 1966
Service recordRoyal Tindorf Krell, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 14
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- PAUL MCGAUGHEY JRSergeant · December 5, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- JERREL CARL MORTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.