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MICHAEL ERWIN WITKOP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 18, 1943 – October 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Erwin Witkop, of Wilson, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 25, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilson, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 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.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 35
- JAMES GABRIEL SORIANOSergeant · October 25, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT TRIPPCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES AMBLER WRIGHTSergeant · October 25, 1968
From Wilson
- RICHARD E BOURNECaptain · December 23, 1967
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.