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RICHARD ELMER JAECK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1939 – March 14, 1964
Service recordRichard Elmer Jaeck, of Cudahy, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- November 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Cudahy, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 46
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
From Cudahy
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- KURT FRANCIS PONATHPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JAMES ROY RICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
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.