Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps
Headquarters Battalion, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Entered the Service From: Berkeley, California
Date of Birth: September 22, 1937
Date of Death: October 18, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Lieutenant Colonel Sisson was a member of Headquarters Battalion, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On October 18, 1965, he was flying in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) when bad weather caused it to crash into a mountain near Da Nang, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on April 8, 1993 and identified on May 21, 2001. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps
Headquarters Battalion, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Entered the Service From: Berkeley, California
Date of Birth: September 22, 1937
Date of Death: October 18, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Lieutenant Colonel Sisson was a member of Headquarters Battalion, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On October 18, 1965, he was flying in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) when bad weather caused it to crash into a mountain near Da Nang, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on April 8, 1993 and identified on May 21, 2001. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
This memorial is a cenotaph
True Burial
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