MASTIN, RONALD LAMBERT

Name: Ronald Lambert Mastin
Rank/Branch: O2/United States Air Force
Unit: 11th TRS
Date of Birth: 14 September 1940
Home City of Record: Beloit KS
Date of Loss: 16 January 1967
Country of Loss:  North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 214600 North  1062100 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RF4C
Missions: 34
Other Personnel in Incident: Thomas Storey, pilot, returnee

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023

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Ronald Martin retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a Lt.
Colonel. He and his wife Dawn reside in Georgia.

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Life finally runs together for father, son


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/22/08

Ron and Michael Mastin began their marathon long before reaching the Hopkinton, Mass., starting line Monday morning.

For 42 years they've been on a hard course, where each hill and every curve came with the risk of one running off and leaving the other behind......

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http://cjonline.com/state-government/news/2017-09-09/beloit-s-native-son-vietnam-pow-shares-heart-and-soul-defending


Beloit’s native son, Vietnam POW shares heart and soul of defending freedom

The engineered violence U.S. Air Force pilots Ron Mastin and Tom Storey felt ejecting from an F-4 Phantom at 500 miles per hour was more shocking than impact of North Vietnamese ordinance that sent their jet crashing to the ground on a beautiful Sunday afternoon....

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https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/north_fulton/four-pows-recall-their-times-in-vietnamese-prison-
camps/article_f628bb90-fc47-11ea-91b7-57708ec76d7e.html

MDJOnline.com   09/25/2020
Four Vietnam Prisoners of War visited north Fulton to tell their stories of captivity in honor of National
POW
/MIA Recognition Day. Vietnam veterans ...
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