United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
Colonel Ernst Philip Kiefel Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force. Ernst served with the 13 BOMB SQ. Ernst served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Ernst was 32 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1521J: Bombardier-Navigator
BOMBARDIER
HARRISBURG, PA
1979
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Ernst Philip Kiefel Jr.
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1979
13th Bombardment Squadron
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