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KARL MERRITT WALDRON JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 28, 1920 – February 15, 1968
Service recordKarl Merritt Waldron JR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 15, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 55
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 28, 1920
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 55
- REX FRANKLIN TUTORSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- BENJAMIN S UNDERHILLSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DONALD WILBANKS VAUGHNSergeant · February 15, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL VELLANCESergeant · February 15, 1968
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.