Corbitt, Gilland Wales, Col

POW/MIA

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Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1495Z-Air Operations Officer

Last AFSC Group
Air Operations

Primary Unit
1967-1978, 1495Z, Status - POW/MIA

Service Years
1943 - 1967

Current Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Colorado

Year of Birth
1925

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Corbitt, Gilland Wales, Col.

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Contact Info

Home Town Denver, Colorado	Last Address Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN
MIA Date Jul 27, 1967
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 24E 005

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He and his WSO were lost when their RF-4C was shot down 5 mi SW of Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. His remains were not recovered; he is memorialized in Honolulu.

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii.

Other Comments:

Sources:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=Gilland+W+Corbitt&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=6679860

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93643473

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148286733

https://www.abmc.gov/node/511584#.WXlCJMbGwUM

http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/c/c060.htm

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Last Updated: Jul 27, 2017

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