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WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFF
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 6, 1938 – October 28, 1966
Service recordWillis Arnold Karickhoff, of Elkview, West Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 28, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 122
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Elkview, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 122
- DANIEL THOMAS FLOWERSLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- RICHARD RAY HENLINGLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
From Elkview
- JAMES RONALD BURDETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- THOMAS LOWELL WINESCorporal · June 23, 1968
- JOHNNIE MARVIN AYERSSpecialist Five · January 17, 1969
- LEWIS DAYTON MOLESSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.