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Casualty Info
Home Town Falls Church, Virginia
Last Address Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand
Casualty Date Mar 11, 1969
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Thailand
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Live Oak Memorial Gardens - Charleston, South Carolina
Captain Monette was lost when his A-26A crashed at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB due to engine failure.
According to a friend of the pilot, Captain Callanan, "He died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."
Crewmen lost in the incident:
Captain Neal Monette, pilot
Captain John V. Callanan, navigator