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RONALD LYLE PACKARD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1941 – July 31, 1967
Service recordRonald Lyle Packard, of Canon City, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 31, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 56
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)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Canon City, Colorado (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 31, 1967
- 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
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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 24E, Line 56
- ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUDWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- RAYMOND ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY ALLENMajor · Panel 24E, Line 53
From Canon City
- LEO SYDNEY BOSTONColonel · April 29, 1966
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
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.