United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Air Force · United States 
John Wayne Held
1936 – 1968
Vietnam Wall · Panel 50E
Lieutenant Colonel John Wayne Held served in the U.S. Air Force. John served with the 604 ACS. John served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. John was 31 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Place
Phuoc Long
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115Z: Pilot, Supersonic fighter-bomber (F-105D Thunderchief)
PILOT
PHUOC LONG
1975
Pay grade O05.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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John Wayne Held
Lieutenant Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1975
604th Air Commando Squadron
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