Gerald William Alley

Vietnam War
Unit22nd Bomber Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPocatello Idaho
Date of DeathDecember 22 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Alley was a member of the 22nd Bomber Squadron, 307th Strategic Air Wing, Utapao Airfield, Thailand. On December 22, 1972, he was the pilot of a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52D) on a strike against storage facilities near Bac Mai Airfield, North Vietnam. As the aircraft nearer the target, it lost its radar then was hit by a surface to air missile. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on June 27, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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