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THOMAS CARL DAFFRON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 25, 1943 – February 14, 1970
Service recordThomas Carl Daffron, of Pinckneyville, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 14, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Pinckneyville, Illinois (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 14, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970. In February 1970, 569 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 27
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- GARY JAMES EARLYWINESergeant · February 18, 1970
- ROBERT EARL ELLISLance Corporal · February 18, 1970
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 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.