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JAMES MILTON JEFFERSON
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 11, 1941 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJames Milton Jefferson, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 12, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 96
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 390 TFS
- Born
- July 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 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
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 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.
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.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 96
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHESTER LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HUSKSergeant · May 12, 1967
- JOHN WENDELL JACKSONCorporal · May 12, 1967
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
- MARCUS CLAUDE JONESLance Corporal · August 28, 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.