AIR COMMANDO 2 Hamilton, John Smith (Jack)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hamilton ​

• FORENAME

John Smith (Jack) ​

• UNIT

602 Tactical Fighter Squadron (Commando) (56 Air Commando Wing) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

525421999 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

19th April 1967 ​

• AGE

40 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Bayard National Cemetery,Fort Bayard,Grant County,New Mexico Section F Row I Site 13 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Silver City,New Mexico​

born 3.9.1926 Fort Bayard,New Mexico​

husband of Jane (nee Watson) Hamilton (2 children Jill and John)​

moved to Silver City 1941​

graduated high school,Silver City​

enlisted US Army 1944 (4 years)​

New Mexico Western College 1949-53 (graduated)​

entered service (USAF) 1952​

gained wings and commissioned 2Lt 1953​

75 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 1953-55​

26 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 1955​

Air University 1956-57​

437 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 1957​

66 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 1957-58​

437 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 1958-62​

Air Force Institute of Technology (University of Colorado) 1962-65 (graduated BS)​

Wright Patterson AFB,Ohio 1965-66​

602 Fighter Squadron 1966-67​

awards A.F.C.,D.F.C.,Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters​

service number on A.F.C. citation is 0-2228034​

pilot​

A-1E Skyraider​

MIA - shot down North Vietnam​

body not recovered​

declared dead 21.3.1979 as Colonel​

remains repatriated 26.10.1995​

remains identified 11.6.1997​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 18E Line 48​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Memorial headstone ​

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