United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Captain James Alan Ketterer served in the U.S. Air Force. James served with the 389 TFS. James served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. James was 25 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115R: Pilot, Tactical Fighter, Pilot Systems Operator, (F-4 Phantom II) (Rear Seat Operator or Guy in Back)
PILOT
MILWAUKEE, WI
1976
Pay grade O03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-027823.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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James Alan Ketterer
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 1976
389th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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