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RUSSEL EARL VORIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 22, 1946 – June 24, 1970
Service recordRussel Earl Voris, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- 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 June 24, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 89
- TIMOTHY CLAY MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- RUSSELL EUGENE SLOUGHCaptain · June 24, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1970
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 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.