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WILLIAM PATRICK EGAN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
January 20, 1931 – April 29, 1966
Service recordWilliam Patrick Egan, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1966, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 215 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- January 20, 1931
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 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 7E, Line 8
- JOSEPH AGUIGUI CRUZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.