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IVAN DALE APPLEBY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1930 – October 7, 1967
Service recordIvan Dale Appleby, of Fresno, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 7, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (1495Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 7, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 63
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1967
- JAMES OTIS BEASLEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · October 7, 1967
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.