First Name: Charles
Last Name: Knabel
Middle Initial: L
Date of Birth: 08/18/1942
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Married
Number of Children: Yes
Home Town: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Education Completed: Not Sure
Other Occupations:
Branch of Service: Air Force
Highest Rank: Msgt
Serial Number: N/A
Platoon: N/A
Age at Start of Service: Over 21
Years of Service: 5 to 10
Combat Veteran: No
Time in Combat: Not Sure
Place of Combat: N/A
Awards:
Date of Suicide: 08/1998
Suicide Method: Gunshot to the head
Veteran’s Story: My father was a dedicated military man for 26 years. He served in Vietnam twice. After his second tour he was never the same. After he retired he started going down hill fast with the bottle in one hand and Vietnam in the other. Vietnam turned into the gun he shot himself with, while the bottle blinded him from what he was doing to himself, his family, and his friends. Doesn’t our government owe all the people who have been affected by this. Vietnam is a cancer. Cigarette companies are starting to have to pay the victims and their families. Why shouldn’t the U.S. Government have to pay for theirs?For my Father, Jeff Knabel
Submitted By: Jeff Knabel (Son)
Relationship to Veteran: Child
