- 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)
DATE OF DEATH:
24-Dec-1965
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