Leetun, Darel Dean, Lt Col

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1115E-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1966-1975, Status - POW/MIA

Service Years
1955 - 1966

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Dakota

Year of Birth
1932

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hettinger, North Dakota	Last Address Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Sep 17, 1966
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 10E 107

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1966, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2005, American Battle Monuments Commission
	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

1963-1966, 1021A, 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron

From Month/Year October / 1963	To Month/Year June / 1966
Unit 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron Unit Page
Rank Captain	AFSC/MOS 1021A-Pilot
Base, Station or City Kadena AB	State/Country Okinawa

Patch	44th Tactical Fighter Squadron Details

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

Last Updated: Mar 18, 2020

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15 Members Also There at Same Time

44th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Acker, William Preston, Maj Gen, (1952-1985)	102	1021A	Captain
Ballard, Arthur Theodore, Lt Col, (1954-1975)	102	1021A	Captain
Knotts, Jerry, Col, (1961-1984)	20	20C0	Colonel
Elander, William James, Lt Col, (1957-1978)	111	1115A	Captain
Hemphill, Jimmie, MSgt, (1965-1968)	462	46250	Master Sergeant
Soules, Bill, MSgt, (1963-1987)	431	43171A	Master Sergeant
McKenzie, Frank, Sgt, (1966-1969)	431	43151C	Sergeant
Mitchell, Steve, A2C, (1961-1965)	431	43151C	Airman 2nd Class
Barron, William, A2C, (1963-1967)	431	43151C	Airman 3rd Class
North, Kenneth Walter, Brig Gen, (1947-1985)	11		Captain
Walters, Richard, SSgt, (1957-1969)	322		Staff Sergeant
Guarino, Lawrence Nicholas, Col, (1943-1975)			Major
Ingvalson, Roger Dean, Col, (1950-1976)			Major
Campbell, Burton Wayne, Lt Col, (1962-1984)			Second Lieutenant
Cooper, Jerry, SSgt, (1965-1969)			Staff Sergeant