AIR COMMANDO 2 Martin, Duane Whitney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Martin​

• FORENAME

Duane Whitney​

• UNIT

38 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (3 A.R.R. Group)​

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-75418​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th July 1966​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

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

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Denver,Colorado​

born 2.1.1940 Denver,Colorado​

married (2 daughters)​

3 years service​

awards A.F.C.,Air Medal​

co-pilot​

HH-43B helicopter (BuNo 62-4510)​

shot down 20.9.1965 near Tan An,Ha Tinh Province,North Vietnam​

evaded into Laos and POW by Pathet Lao​

escaped 29.6.1966​

murdered by villager Laos​

remains not recovered​

promoted Captain posthumously​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02E Line 91​

Fort Logan National Cemetery,Denver,Denver County,Colorado Section MA Site 52 (memorial stone)​

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