Donald Richard Kemmerer

Vietnam War
Unit390th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromQuakertown Pennsylvania
Date of DeathAugust 6 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Kemmerer was a member of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. On August 6, 1967, he was the co-pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a strike mission over North Vietnam. His aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed 5 miles offshore in the Gulf of Tonkin, 10 miles north of Vinh Linh, Quang Binh Province. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.