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THEODORE LEONARD WYKOFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1928 – September 15, 1969
Service recordTheodore Leonard Wykoff, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 29, 1928
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANTHONY MEYERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR BENNETTSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · September 16, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.