Armon D. Shingledecker

Vietnam War
Unit61st Troop Carrier Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromLima Ohio
Date of DeathMay 31 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Shingledecker was a member of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, Danang Air Base, South Vietnam. On May 31, 1966, he was the navigator of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam. As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on April 3, 1998. 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.