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TOMMY TRAXLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1945 – September 6, 1966
Service recordTommy Traxler JR, of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Crystal Springs, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 73
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
From Crystal Springs
- GERMAN LEE NICHOLSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1967
- WILLIE LEE THIGPENStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHLance Corporal · March 21, 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.