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KARL WENDELL RICHTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 4, 1942 – July 28, 1967
Service recordKarl Wendell Richter, of Holly, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Holly, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 13
- DOMINGO MUNOZSergeant · July 28, 1967
- MARVIN JARRELL ADKINSPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- GARY JAMES ARDENEAUXPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
From Holly
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · September 16, 1967
- FREDDY KEITH STALEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 1971
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.