AIR COMMANDO 2 Jeffords, Derrel Blackburn

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jeffords ​

• FORENAME

Derrell Blackburn ​

• UNIT

4 Air Commando Squadron (6250 Combat Support Group) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

248280864​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th December 1965 ​

• AGE

40 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 10047​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Phoenix,Arizona​

born 10.8.1925 Phoenix,Arizona​

husband of Jeanne Jeffords (1 son Terry,1 daughter Deryl)​

served WW2 and Korea​

award Air Medal​

pilot​

AC-47D Spooky Gunship (45-1120)​

KIA near Ban Bac,Saravane Province,Laos​

remains not recovered​

declared dead 1.12.1977 as Colonel​

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (court A)​

remains repatriated 18.2.2010​

remains identified 5.3.2012​

interred 9.7.2012 (group burial)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04E Line 37 ​

Riverside National Cemetery,Riverside,Riverside County,California Section MA Site 313A (memorial stone)​

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