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JAMES LINTON HUARD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 17, 1946 – July 12, 1972
Service recordJames Linton Huard, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 12, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 12, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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 1W, Line 56
- SAMUEL ODONNELL JRCaptain · July 12, 1972
- ROBERT RANDALL CECILPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1972
- MICHAEL ALAN HILLSergeant · July 13, 1972
- WAYNE GORDON BROWN IIMajor · July 17, 1972
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.