Killian, Melvin Joseph, Col

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1024D-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1965-1973, Status - POW/MIA

Service Years
1940 - 1965

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Iowa

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Council Bluffs, Iowa	Last Address Takhli RTAFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Sep 30, 1965
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 02E 099

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1965, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

1960-1963, 509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

From Month/Year - / 1960	To Month/Year - / 1963
Unit 509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Unit Page
Rank Major	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Clark AB	State/Country Philippines

Patch	509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter-Interceptor Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

5 Members Also There at Same Time

509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Clark, Edwin, Maj, (1956-1976)			Captain
Maffei, Peter, Capt, (1952-1965)	143	1435A	Captain
Myers, Armand Jesse, Col, (1953-1983)	102	1021A	Captain
Costin, James, Col, (1957-1982)	102	1021A	First Lieutenant
Jackson, Richard, A2C, (1962-1966)	922	92250B	Airman 2nd Class