Captain, U.S. Air Force
416th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ashland, Kentucky
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Dawson was a member of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa Airbase, South Vietnam. On July 16, 1969, he was the pilot of a North American Super Sabre Fighter (F-100D) on a mission over South Vietnam. As he returned from his mission, he overshot the runway and applied power. He lost control and tried to eject over the South China Sea, but his parachute did not deploy. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
Capt James Vernon Dawson, USAF, was also remembered at a Pentagon Ceremony POW/MIA Recognition Day 16 Sep 2016.
Capt Dawson is one of 10 USMA alumni who remain MIA from the Vietnam War.
416th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ashland, Kentucky
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Dawson was a member of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa Airbase, South Vietnam. On July 16, 1969, he was the pilot of a North American Super Sabre Fighter (F-100D) on a mission over South Vietnam. As he returned from his mission, he overshot the runway and applied power. He lost control and tried to eject over the South China Sea, but his parachute did not deploy. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
Capt James Vernon Dawson, USAF, was also remembered at a Pentagon Ceremony POW/MIA Recognition Day 16 Sep 2016.
Capt Dawson is one of 10 USMA alumni who remain MIA from the Vietnam War.
Captain, U.S. Air Force
416th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ashland, Kentucky
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Dawson was a member of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa Airbase, South Vietnam. On July 16, 1969, he was the pilot of a North American Super Sabre Fighter (F-100D) on a mission over South Vietnam. As he returned from his mission, he overshot the runway and applied power. He lost control and tried to eject over the South China Sea, but his parachute did not deploy. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
Capt James Vernon Dawson, USAF, was also remembered at a Pentagon Ceremony POW/MIA Recognition Day 16 Sep 2016.
Capt Dawson is one of 10 USMA alumni who remain MIA from the Vietnam War.
416th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ashland, Kentucky
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Dawson was a member of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa Airbase, South Vietnam. On July 16, 1969, he was the pilot of a North American Super Sabre Fighter (F-100D) on a mission over South Vietnam. As he returned from his mission, he overshot the runway and applied power. He lost control and tried to eject over the South China Sea, but his parachute did not deploy. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
Capt James Vernon Dawson, USAF, was also remembered at a Pentagon Ceremony POW/MIA Recognition Day 16 Sep 2016.
Capt Dawson is one of 10 USMA alumni who remain MIA from the Vietnam War.
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
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