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RICHARD WILLIAM WACKERFUSS
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 23, 1931 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRichard William Wackerfuss, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 33
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 23, 1931
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 33
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- TEDDY JAMES TOMCHESSONMajor · May 5, 1968
- PETER RUDOLPH TURCOTTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.