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ROGER EDWARD WICHMAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1937 – November 9, 1968
Service recordRoger Edward Wichman, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 9, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Born
- July 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 41
- STEVEN DENNIS KRECHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- HOWARD GREGORY PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.