Donald Elmer Paxton

Vietnam War
Unit8th Tactical Bomber Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromCedar Rapids Iowa
Date of DeathFebruary 22 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Colonel Paxton was a member of the 8th Tactical Bomber Squadron. On February 22, 1969, he was the pilot of a Martin Canberra Bomber (B-57B) on a bombing mission over Savannakhet Province, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on November 6, 1996 and identified on August 15, 2000. 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.