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PATRICK EDWARD WYNNE
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 8, 1941 – August 8, 1966
Service recordPatrick Edward Wynne, of Eau Gallie, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 8, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1111R)
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Eau Gallie, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 8, 1966
- 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
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 119
- DAVID LOUIS THORPEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- CHARLES MILTON WALLINGMajor · August 8, 1966
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- JACK ALLEN WELCHPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
From Eau Gallie
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SALMELACorporal · May 13, 1968
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- REGINALD MARK SATERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES EARL PETTIJOHNPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.