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VICTOR JOE APODACA JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 31, 1937 – June 8, 1967
Service recordVictor Joe Apodaca JR, of Englewood, Colorado, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 8, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 75
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1111F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 389 TFS DANANG AB
- Born
- May 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Englewood, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 8, 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
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967. In June 1967, 948 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 21E, Line 75
- JESUS EFRAIN LEON-DESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · June 8, 1967
- DAVID GEPHART MYERSFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1967
From Englewood
- JERRY LEE POTTERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALLSergeant · March 25, 1966
- IVEL DOAN FREEMANMajor · March 9, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SPAULDINGPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
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.