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NEIL STANLEY BYNUM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1943 – October 26, 1969
Service recordNeil Stanley Bynum, of Vian, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 26, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 119
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 435 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Vian, Oklahoma (Sequoyah County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 26, 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
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969. In October 1969, 600 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
Also on Panel 17W, Line 119
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JOHN WILLARD BEITLICHSpecialist Four · October 26, 1969
- CALVIN BLANTON JRLance Corporal · October 26, 1969
- JIMMY DALE BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRAY DAWSON WARRENCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 122
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.