Ernest Arthur Olds

Vietnam War
Unit480th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSalisbury Maryland
Date of DeathMarch 11 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Olds was a member of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 11, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) was on a mission to attack a target near a railroad running parallel to the Quon Nay River, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. About 5 miles southwest of Ron, his aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on August 2, 1996. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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