Lt. Gen. Charles Wilson Bagnal, 101st VIetnam Veteran Remembered

Former 101st commander honored with memorial service
The Leaf-Chronicle
Ray Howze
July 14, 2015

Lt. Gen. Charles Wilson Bagnal served as commanding general for the 101st from 1981 to 1983. (Photo: Submitted)

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Lt. Gen. Charles Wilson Bagnal, who served as commanding general for the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell from 1981 to 1983, was honored in a memorial service with full military honors Tuesday at West Point Cemetery in New York.

Bagnal, 81, died June 30 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Bagnal joined the U.S. Military Academy after graduating from high school in 1952.

Before deploying to Vietnam in 1966, Bagnal had a number of operational assignments in aviation and artillery units at Fort Campbell; Fort Still, Oklahoma; and Hanau, Germany. He commanded the C. Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam, according to the obituary.

He served as a military assistant to the secretary of the Army from 1969 to 1971. Bagnal later returned to Fort Campbell, where he served as a commander in the 101st Aviation Group and as an assistant division commander in the 101st Airborne Division before taking over as commanding general.
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