AIR COMMANDO 2 Widdis, James Wesley,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Widdis ​

• FORENAME

James Wesley,Jr ​

• UNIT

609 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

140304582​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd March 1969 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

U.S.A.F. Academy Cemetery,Colorado Springs,El Paso County,Colorado Section 006 Row A Plot 36​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Newark,New Jersey​

born 3.7.1939 Newark,New Jersey​

married​

entered service 1961​

3611 Pilot Training Squadron 1962​

3535 Navigator Training Squadron 1962​

84 Air Transport Squadron 1962-66​

3645 Student Squadron 1966-67​

4 Military Airlift Squadron 1967​

609 SOS 1968-69​

award Air Medal​

pilot​

A-26A Invader​

MIA 15 miles west of Ban Karai Pass,Laos ​

body not recovered​

declared dead 8.8.1978 as Lieutenant Colonel​

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

remains repatriated 24.5.1995​

remains identified 18.10.1996​

buried 1996 (group burial)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 28W Line 22​

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Holmdel,New Jersey ​

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