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ROGER LEE RITSCHARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – November 22, 1970
Service recordRoger Lee Ritschard, of Monticello, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 78
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Monticello, Wisconsin (Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 78
- RONALD DEAN LEFEBVRESpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- MICHAEL TERRY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- DOUGLASS TERRELL WHELESSCaptain · November 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.