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TOBY EDWARD JAECKELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1948 – September 21, 1969
Service recordToby Edward Jaeckels, of Woodstock, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 121
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
- Diver (00B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 ENG CO
- Born
- March 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodstock, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 121
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY JACKSON JRGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1969
- NATHANIEL JACKSON JRCaptain · September 21, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
From Woodstock
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
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.