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JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1942 – March 20, 1967
Service recordJack Rowley Lichte JR, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET
- Born
- September 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 124
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD MORRELLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
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.