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GLENDON LEE AMMON
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1932 – September 21, 1966
Service recordGlendon Lee Ammon, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 21, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- October 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 126
- GARY EDWARD ROSSERPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- EUGENE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Second Class · September 20, 1966
- JAMES REGINALD BAUDERCaptain · September 21, 1966
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.