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NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOX
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 10, 1924 – May 20, 1967
Service recordNotley Gwynn Maddox, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 20, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TRS
- Born
- November 10, 1924
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 20, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 63
- RICHARD LEYVAPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1967
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BRUCE ARTHUR MANTONPetty Officer Second Class · May 20, 1967
- FREDERICK LUTHER MARCHCorporal · May 20, 1967
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.