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ROGER ERNEST BEHNFELDT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 29, 1944 – August 19, 1972
Service recordRoger Ernest Behnfeldt, of Defiance, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 19, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1325F)
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Defiance, Ohio (Defiance County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 19, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1972. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 68
- RODERICK BARNUM LESTERLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
- WILLIAM JAMES CROCKETTFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1972
- LEE MORROW TIGNERLieutenant Colonel · August 22, 1972
From Defiance
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- GARY LEE LOVEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN HANCOCKSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- HERMAN A HESSELSCHWARDTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · September 14, 1968
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
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.