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Home State
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Year of Birth
1929 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt Sgt. D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Troxel, Edwin Newton, Maj.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Eugene |
Last Address
Nakhon Phanom RTAFB
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Casualty Date
Aug 02, 1971 |
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Cause
Non Hostile- Died Other Causes |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Laos |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Morris Hill Cemetery - Boise, Idaho |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
03W 122 |
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Last Known Activity
Major Edwin Troxel enlisted in the Air Force in March 1953. He had attended Boise Junior College and Univerity of Oregon in Eugene prior to his enlistment, graduating in June 1953. At one point he was an instructor at the University of Hawaii for the ROTC program (1963-4). He had served in Verona, Italy as a NATO advisor.
In Vietnam, he was on his second tour of duty in Vietnam. He was lost in an air accident while flying a T-28 over Laos. (The T-28 crews did helicopter escort and close ground support for the Royal Laotian army).
His crewmate was Sgt. Walter Capps.
He had received a Distinguished Flying Cross while serving as a helicopter pilot with the 20th Special Operations Squadron ("Green Hornets") in 1969-70.
Lost over Laos:
Major Edwin Newton Troxel (T-28)
Sgt. Walter Robert Capps (T-28)
Major Troxel left a wife and two children at his passing.
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Comments/Citation
see Notes for details
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