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ROGER DANNY HELWIG
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 17, 1943 – September 11, 1969
Service recordRoger Danny Helwig, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 69
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 390 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- May 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969. In September 1969, 664 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 18W, Line 69
- JOSEPH LOUIS GOLC JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS LEDBETTERLance Corporal · September 11, 1969
- DANNY RAY METZSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.