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HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 26, 1935 – January 13, 1966
Service recordHerman Hiram Ritchie, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 71
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 71
- JOHN WESLEY LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ROBERT NEAL MIDDLEBROOKSCaptain · January 13, 1966
- J V PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FLOYD WILLIAM POHLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
From Okmulgee
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.