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HONORED ON PANEL 46W, LINE 5 OF THE WALL
MELVIN EARL LADEWIG
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MELVIN E LADEWIG
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46W/5
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LEFT FOR MELVIN EARL LADEWIG
POSTED ON 3.20.2021
POSTED BY: Rob ladewig
My Oldest Brother
Mel was my oldest brother. If anyone who wore my brothers bracelet has any questions they can contact me at [email protected]
POSTED ON 10.9.2020
POSTED BY: Karen Wojtak
Wearing His Bracelet
I can’t wait for the day you are home again and I can retire the bracelet. If I don’t make it, my grandson will carry on.
POSTED ON 10.9.2020
POSTED BY: Karen Wojtak
I Wear Your Bracelet
POSTED ON 5.25.2020
POSTED BY: Tommy
Always Remembered!!
Brother MEL, Happy Memorial Day! I miss you we ALL miss you! Thanks for all you did and the sacrifices you made to protect our freedoms! We will get that DFC on your marker at Ft Logan...somehow...someway...Here's a Toast!
POSTED ON 3.3.2020
POSTED BY: KR
Capt. Melvin E. Ladewig - Update from DPAA (MIA Status)
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) website at the below link, the MIA status of Captain Melvin Earl Ladewig, USAF, is ACTIVE PURSUIT:
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000KZWgEAO
The latest DPAA update (28 February 2020) lists 1,587 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. Capt. Ladewig is one of those 1,587 MIAs.
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20200228.pdf
On the night of the armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam of the F-4 Phantom II fighter jet aircraft on which he was the Pilot Systems Officer, 24 August 1968, Ladewig was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain. The F-4's Aircraft Commander, Charles H.W. Read Jr., received promotions while in MIA status from Major to Lieutenant Colonel and, later, to Colonel.
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000KZWgEAO
The latest DPAA update (28 February 2020) lists 1,587 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. Capt. Ladewig is one of those 1,587 MIAs.
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20200228.pdf
On the night of the armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam of the F-4 Phantom II fighter jet aircraft on which he was the Pilot Systems Officer, 24 August 1968, Ladewig was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain. The F-4's Aircraft Commander, Charles H.W. Read Jr., received promotions while in MIA status from Major to Lieutenant Colonel and, later, to Colonel.