MERKEL JON CHRISTIAN

Name: CPT Jon Christian Merkel
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/18/1970.
Service: .
Unit: AIR AMERICA LAOS
Prior Unit: AIR AMERICA SAIGON 68-70
Service: .
Short Summary: After aircraft landed, killed by a single shot near Tha Lin Noi, LS-18. John Ford was co-captain in the aircraft.
Aircraft: UH-34D tail number H-67
Service number: 31367140
Country: Laos
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
This record was last updated on 09/24/1999

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