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LONNIE PAT BOGARD
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 11, 1942 – May 12, 1972
Service recordLonnie Pat Bogard, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 12, 1972, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 24
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 435 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- May 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1972
- 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
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “435 TFS 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 1W, Line 24
- JOHNNY COCHRAN MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1972
- RODNEY LYNN STROBRIDGEMajor · May 11, 1972
- ROBERT JOHN WILLIAMSMajor · May 11, 1972
- SAMUEL YOUNG ADAIR JRMajor · May 12, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY OSTERMEYERCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 25
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.