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WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEIL
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 7, 1932 – August 9, 1968
Service recordWayne Benjamin Wolfkeil, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 9, 1968, in Laos, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6 SOS
- Born
- March 7, 1932
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 49W, Line 37
- LEROY NEWSON JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1968
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
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.