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JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIER
Lieutenant · U.S. Coast Guard
August 17, 1933 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJack Columbus Rittichier, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- August 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 14
- AUGUST ROMANOPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- WALTER ROY SCHMIDT JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- RICKY LEE SHACKELFORDSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 9
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 10
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · Panel 58W, Line 17
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 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.