Gary Alven Glandon

Vietnam War
Unit390th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPowell Tennessee
Date of DeathMay 26 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
First Lieutenant Glandon was a member of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. On May 26, 1966, he was the weapons systems officer of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a bombing mission along the coast of South Vietnam about 10 miles northeast of Qui Nhon, Binh Dinh Province. After making the second bomb run, the aircraft burst into flames and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.