Alley, Gerald William, Col

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1525D-Navigator-Bombardier

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1972-1978, MIA Vietnam

Service Years
1954 - 1972

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Idaho

Year of Birth
1934

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Casualty Info

Home Town Pocatello, Idaho	Last Address U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Dec 22, 1972
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery - Salina, Kansas	Wall/Plot Coordinates 01W 103

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	1989, American Battle Monuments Commission
	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page

Photo Album (More...)

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Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1955-1956, 1531A, Aviation Cadet Navigator Training Course, Harlingen AFB, TX
	1956-1957, Air Training Command
	1957-1962, 1525B, 44th Bombardment Squadron, Medium
	1962-1964, 1525B, 25th Bombardment Squadron, Medium
	1964-1966, 1525B, 1st Bombardment Squadron, Medium
	1966-1968, 1525D, 28th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
	1968-1969, 8th Air Force
	1969-1970, Udorn RTAFB
	1970-1972, 1525D, 2nd Bombardment Wing, Heavy
	1970-1972, 1525D, 22nd Bombardment Wing, Heavy
	1970-1972, 307th Strategic Wing
	1972-1978, MIA Vietnam

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1972 Operation Arc Light
	1970-1970 Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 Campaign 6

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1956-1966, B-47 Stratojet
	1966-1972, B-52 Stratofortress (Buff)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity

He was lost during a night bombing mission over Hanoi after his B-52D was hit by a SAM. He and 2 others were later determined to be KIA while 3 others became POW's and were released in 1973.
He was promoted from Maj. to Col. while on MIA status. His remains were returned to the US in 1989 and buried in Kansas. He is also memorialized in Inkom Cemetery, Inkom, ID.

Comments/Citation
Sources:

http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1550

http://taskforceomegainc.org/a082.htm

http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a082.htm

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14906316

http://www.facesonthewall.com/Faces_On_The_Wall/Gerald_Alley/gerald_alley.html

https://www.abmc.gov/node/511399#.WFvHrbGZMUM