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NOTE: His father, James Wesley WIDDIS, Sr. (1910-1974), had been born James Wesley TROUT, the son of Nicholas Kemper TROUT (1875-1948) and Loula Alice SPITLER (1886-1959), but then received the "WIDDIS" surname after his mother re-remarried to James Albert WIDDIS (1868-1937) on 14 Oct 1917. Accordingly, James Wesley Widdis, Jr. (1939-1969), is actually a direct (genetic) TROUT descendant.
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Captain James Wesley Widdis, Jr., USAF, pilot of a Douglas Counter Invader Attack Aircraft (A-26A), 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand, was on a combat mission 15 miles west of Ban Karai Pass, Laos on March 23, 1969, when the aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on May 24, 1995, and identified on October 18, 1996. His name is inscribed on the "Courts of the Missing" at the Honolulu Memorial
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"Some of these A26s were assigned to the 609th Special Operations Squadron at NKP. On March 23, 1969, an A26A departed NKP on a combat mission with a crew consisting of Capt. James W. Widdis Jr., pilot, and Capt. Robert C. Davis, navigator. As the two were about 15 miles west of the Ban Karai Pass, the aircraft was struck by hostile fire.
No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard, but the opportunity existed for the two to safely eject, and they were listed missing in action.
Davis was determined presumed dead in 1975, and Widdis in 1978. During the period they were listed missing, Widdis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Davis to Major. "
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Also Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A, Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; see Find A Grave Memorial# 135690188
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>>Additional research and re-write pending...
NOTE: His father, James Wesley WIDDIS, Sr. (1910-1974), had been born James Wesley TROUT, the son of Nicholas Kemper TROUT (1875-1948) and Loula Alice SPITLER (1886-1959), but then received the "WIDDIS" surname after his mother re-remarried to James Albert WIDDIS (1868-1937) on 14 Oct 1917. Accordingly, James Wesley Widdis, Jr. (1939-1969), is actually a direct (genetic) TROUT descendant.
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Captain James Wesley Widdis, Jr., USAF, pilot of a Douglas Counter Invader Attack Aircraft (A-26A), 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand, was on a combat mission 15 miles west of Ban Karai Pass, Laos on March 23, 1969, when the aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on May 24, 1995, and identified on October 18, 1996. His name is inscribed on the "Courts of the Missing" at the Honolulu Memorial
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"Some of these A26s were assigned to the 609th Special Operations Squadron at NKP. On March 23, 1969, an A26A departed NKP on a combat mission with a crew consisting of Capt. James W. Widdis Jr., pilot, and Capt. Robert C. Davis, navigator. As the two were about 15 miles west of the Ban Karai Pass, the aircraft was struck by hostile fire.
No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard, but the opportunity existed for the two to safely eject, and they were listed missing in action.
Davis was determined presumed dead in 1975, and Widdis in 1978. During the period they were listed missing, Widdis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Davis to Major. "
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Also Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A, Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; see Find A Grave Memorial# 135690188
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>>Additional research and re-write pending...
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NOTE: His father, James Wesley WIDDIS, Sr. (1910-1974), had been born James Wesley TROUT, the son of Nicholas Kemper TROUT (1875-1948) and Loula Alice SPITLER (1886-1959), but then received the "WIDDIS" surname after his mother re-remarried to James Albert WIDDIS (1868-1937) on 14 Oct 1917. Accordingly, James Wesley Widdis, Jr. (1939-1969), is actually a direct (genetic) TROUT descendant.
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Captain James Wesley Widdis, Jr., USAF, pilot of a Douglas Counter Invader Attack Aircraft (A-26A), 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand, was on a combat mission 15 miles west of Ban Karai Pass, Laos on March 23, 1969, when the aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on May 24, 1995, and identified on October 18, 1996. His name is inscribed on the "Courts of the Missing" at the Honolulu Memorial
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"Some of these A26s were assigned to the 609th Special Operations Squadron at NKP. On March 23, 1969, an A26A departed NKP on a combat mission with a crew consisting of Capt. James W. Widdis Jr., pilot, and Capt. Robert C. Davis, navigator. As the two were about 15 miles west of the Ban Karai Pass, the aircraft was struck by hostile fire.
No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard, but the opportunity existed for the two to safely eject, and they were listed missing in action.
Davis was determined presumed dead in 1975, and Widdis in 1978. During the period they were listed missing, Widdis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Davis to Major. "
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Also Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A, Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; see Find A Grave Memorial# 135690188
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>>Additional research and re-write pending...
NOTE: His father, James Wesley WIDDIS, Sr. (1910-1974), had been born James Wesley TROUT, the son of Nicholas Kemper TROUT (1875-1948) and Loula Alice SPITLER (1886-1959), but then received the "WIDDIS" surname after his mother re-remarried to James Albert WIDDIS (1868-1937) on 14 Oct 1917. Accordingly, James Wesley Widdis, Jr. (1939-1969), is actually a direct (genetic) TROUT descendant.
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Captain James Wesley Widdis, Jr., USAF, pilot of a Douglas Counter Invader Attack Aircraft (A-26A), 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand, was on a combat mission 15 miles west of Ban Karai Pass, Laos on March 23, 1969, when the aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on May 24, 1995, and identified on October 18, 1996. His name is inscribed on the "Courts of the Missing" at the Honolulu Memorial
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"Some of these A26s were assigned to the 609th Special Operations Squadron at NKP. On March 23, 1969, an A26A departed NKP on a combat mission with a crew consisting of Capt. James W. Widdis Jr., pilot, and Capt. Robert C. Davis, navigator. As the two were about 15 miles west of the Ban Karai Pass, the aircraft was struck by hostile fire.
No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard, but the opportunity existed for the two to safely eject, and they were listed missing in action.
Davis was determined presumed dead in 1975, and Widdis in 1978. During the period they were listed missing, Widdis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Davis to Major. "
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Also Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A, Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; see Find A Grave Memorial# 135690188
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>>Additional research and re-write pending...
Inscription
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S Air Force; Killed in action
