Ralph Nathan Pattillo

Vietnam War
Unit497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromHartselle Alabama
Date of DeathFebruary 16 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Pattillo was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On February 16, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission near Ban Dakyon, Laos, where his aircraft was shot down. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.