AIR COMMANDO 2 Waldron, Karl Merritt,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Waldron ​

• FORENAME

Karl Merritt,Jr (Waldo)​

• UNIT

14 Air Commando Squadron (14 A.C. Wing) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

60038 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th February 1968 ​

• AGE

47 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 3 Site 1790-F ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Minneapolis,Minnesota​

born 28.2.1920 Minneapolis,Minnesota​

husband of Dorothy Ann (nee Layton) Waldron (1924-2015)​

22 years service​

487 Fighter Squadron (352 Fighter Group) 1944-45 (1st Lt)​

shot down 3 German aircraft and destroyed 7 on the ground​

award Silver Star​

109 Fighter Squadron 1952 (Captain)​

Directorate of Operations,HQ 8th Air Force 1.8.1959 - 7.8.1963 (Major)​

award Air Force Commendation Medal​

Plans and Policies Officer,U.N. Command,Armistice Affairs Division,Korea​

re-enlisted 1967​

14 ACS 1967-68​

total awards D.F.C. and oak leaf cluster,Silver Star,Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster​

pilot​

AC-47D "Spooky" Gunship (43-49859)​

KIA when shot down Ninh Thuan Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 39E Line 55​

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