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DAN BRUEN PACKARD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1933 – June 10, 1966
Service recordDan Bruen Packard, of Miami, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 10, 1966, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 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.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 31
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROOTHStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.