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CHRISTOS C BOGIAGES JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 30, 1934 – March 2, 1969
Service recordChristos C Bogiages JR, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 2, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 357 TFS TAKHLI AB
- Born
- March 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 2, 1969
- 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
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 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 30W, Line 10
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · March 2, 1969
- ROGER CLARK BURNHAMPetty Officer Third Class · March 2, 1969
- HENRY CALDWELL JRSergeant · March 2, 1969
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.