Burriss Nelson Begley

Vietnam War
Unit421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromHyden Kentucky
Date of DeathDecember 5 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Colonel Begley was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On December 5, 1966, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105D) on a combat mission over North Vietnam when he was attacked by a MiG-17 and his aircraft crashed 15 miles from Yen Bai, Phu Tho Province, south of the Red River. His remains were recovered on November 26, 1986 and identified on April 18, 1996. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.