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ALVA RAY KROGMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 12, 1941 – January 17, 1967
Service recordAlva Ray Krogman, of Worland, Wyoming, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 17, 1967, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 504 TAS SQ
- Born
- April 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Worland, Wyoming (Washakie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 45
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PHILIP MAGISTROSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- STEVEN KENT ODIERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYE ORTISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
From Worland
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
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.