Shingledecker, Armond D.
Air Force Captain
Armond D. Shingledecker from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: May 31, 1966
Death details: On April 3, 1998, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Armon D. Shingledecker, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Shingledecker, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, Capt Shingledecker was the navigator aboard a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0511) that departed Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a classified bombing mission using special weapons against the Thanh Hoa Bridge in North Vietnam. During the bombing run, the Hercules was shot down and Capt Shingledecker was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1986, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were later identified as those of Capt Shingledecker.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency