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HALTON RAMSEY VINCENT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1944 – September 30, 1971
Service recordHalton Ramsey Vincent, of Sulphur, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 30, 1971, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 32
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Sulphur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971. In September 1971, 127 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 32
- THOMAS RODGERS STANSBURYWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1971
- JEFFERY LYNN WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD ELDREDStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1971
- ROBERT HOWARD MAGGSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1971
From Sulphur
- TERRY LEE ELLENDERCorporal · April 8, 1967
- RUSSELL ELWARD PAGELance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH CRADEURSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HOSKINSCaptain · May 6, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH WEEKLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- LARRY JOHN LAPOINTSergeant · August 18, 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.