Col. Willard Selleck Gideon, a retired deputy commander of resource management for the 437th Airlift Wing at the Charleston Air Force Base, a Vietnam prisoner of war and widower of Jeannine H. Gideon, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. He was 85....
GIDEON, WILLARD SELLECK
RIP 10/10/2016
Name: Willard Selleck Gideon Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O4 Unit: Date of Birth: 03 June 1931 Takoma Park MD Home City of Record: Arlington VA Date of Loss: 07 August 1966 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 212000 North 1063200 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D #1758 Missions: 55 Other Personnel in Incident: Refno: 0420 |
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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Willard Gideon retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. He and
his wife Jeannine resided in South Carolina.
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Lauderdale: Vietnam POW bracelet comes
full circle in Lowcountry
Ketchum wore her bracelet for four years,
until the war ended. ... With her Girl Scout sash and
badges was the silver POW bracelet of her youth.
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Some of you may know this fact - Will flew the Solo position in the F-100 from
1960-1962
(as an "additional" duty) with the USAFE (US Air Forces in Europe)
aerial demonstration
team "The Skyblazers." RRVFPA
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http://www.postandcourier.com/20161013/161019728/willard-gideon-former-vietnam-pow-dies
Willard Gideon, former Vietnam POW, dies
Col. Willard Selleck Gideon, a retired deputy commander of resource management for the 437th Airlift Wing at the Charleston Air Force Base, a Vietnam prisoner of war and widower of Jeannine H. Gideon, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. He was 85....
Willard will get a full military funeral at Arlington, on Feb 16,
0900.
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