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RICHARD OGDEN WOLFE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 8, 1942 – November 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Ogden Wolfe, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 30, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 11
- JAMES NORMAN ROYALSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD SHILLINGLance Corporal · November 30, 1969
- DENNIS SMITH JRCaptain · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE VANDERGRIFFSergeant · November 30, 1969
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.