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ROGER EARL WITTE
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1938 – June 18, 1971
Service recordRoger Earl Witte, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1971, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 81
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
- September 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1971. In June 1971, 181 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 3W, Line 81
- LON PAUL GREGORASHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT PAINTER JRLieutenant · June 18, 1971
- WILLIAM ELBERT REEDSergeant · June 18, 1971
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
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.