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RICHARD WALTER LYTLE
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1934 – November 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Walter Lytle, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 1, 1969, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 14
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 14
- SAM HENRY MANGUMSergeant · November 1, 1969
- FRED ARTHUR NELSONLance Corporal · November 1, 1969
- LONNIE PITTS NEWLANDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1969
- GERALD W NICHOLSON JRLance Corporal · November 1, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.