Col Charles Peter Claxton

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Col Charles Peter Claxton

Birth
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
29 Dec 1967 (aged 35)
Vietnam
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 60 Site 7915
Memorial ID
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Died: North Vietnam

Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force -314th Tactical Airlift Wing, Nha Trang
Airbase, South Vietnam

Bio:
Along with ten other personel aboard a C-130E he headed out on a mission
departing from Nha Trang Airbase over North Vietnam shortly after midnight.
Last known location was in extreme northwest, North Vietnam; in mountainous
Lai Chau Province about 4 am. They were all reported as Missing in Action.
Died: North Vietnam

Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force -314th Tactical Airlift Wing, Nha Trang
Airbase, South Vietnam

Bio:
Along with ten other personel aboard a C-130E he headed out on a mission
departing from Nha Trang Airbase over North Vietnam shortly after midnight.
Last known location was in extreme northwest, North Vietnam; in mountainous
Lai Chau Province about 4 am. They were all reported as Missing in Action.

Inscription

COL US AIR FORCE VIETNAM

Gravesite Details

Interment date 11-15-2000. Colonel US Air Force. Veteran Service Dates from 12-22-1950 to 12-29-1967. Information extracted from the National Cemetery Administration's National Gravesite Locator. http://www.cem.va.gov/