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WAYNE CHARLES IRSCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 25, 1942 – January 9, 1968
Service recordWayne Charles Irsch, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 9, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 TFW
- Born
- April 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “8 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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 34E, Line 7
- NORMAN MORGAN GREENColonel · January 9, 1968
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- BRUCE MAYNARD THOMASPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN MORGAN GREENColonel · Panel 34E, Line 7
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.