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RICHARD SCOTT VOIGTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 8, 1947 – May 24, 1972
Service recordRichard Scott Voigts, of Wilmette, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 31
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
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmette, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 31
- TIMOTHY JAMES MONKELBAANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1972
- FRANK ALLEN NEWMANSpecialist Six · May 24, 1972
- HARRY LINDSAY THAINCaptain · May 24, 1972
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.