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PAUL WEDLAKE BANNON
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 15, 1934 – July 12, 1969
Service recordPaul Wedlake Bannon, of Hueytown, Alabama, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 12, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 105
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 TFW UBON AB
- Born
- October 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Hueytown, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 12, 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
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969. In July 1969, 834 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.
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 21W, Line 105
- ROBERT JOHN BAKERSergeant · July 12, 1969
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- RALPH OSCAR BRAY JRCaptain · July 12, 1969
- ARTHUR DANIEL BROWNPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
From Hueytown
- LEONARD PHILLIPSMaster Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
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.