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APPLEBY, IVAN DALE
Name: Ivan Dale Appleby
Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force
Unit: 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon AF TH
Date of Birth: 13 September 1930
Home City of Record: Fresno CA (Family in AZ, CO)
Date of Loss: 07 October 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 204000N 1050800E (WH156796)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Other Personnel In Incident: William R. Austin (Returned POW)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 31 April 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: Major Ivan D. Appleby was the pilot of an F4D aircraft flying a photo
reconnaissance escort mission over North Vietnam in October 1967. His backseater
was Capt. William R. Austin II. Austin and Appleby were onboard the lead
aircraft in a flight of F4D Phantom fighter jets.
When the flight was over Hoi Binh Province about 25 miles southwest of the city
of Hoi Binh, it encountered intense hostile fire which inflicted heavy damage to
the lead aircraft. The aircraft began burning and went out of control. One
parachute was observed prior to the aircraft crashing into a hill.
The U.S. later learned that Austin had been captured, but Appleby's fate
remained uncertain. He was listed Missing in Action.
When American prisoners were released in 1973, Austin was among them, but
Appleby was not. In late 1976, based on no information to indicate he was alive,
Appleby was presumptively declared dead.
Nearly 2500 Americans did not come home from the war in Vietnam. Unlike "MIAs"
from previous wars, most of these men and women can be accounted for. Some
hundred were known to be held as prisoners, and some were photographed in
captivity. Others were alive and well the last time they were heard from,
describing an advancing enemy.
Years after our military involvement ended, reports of Americans held captive
continue to mount. Thousands of reports have been received related to Americans
missing in Southeast Asia, and many government officials now believe that
hundreds are still being held prisoner. The U.S. Government continues to press
the Vietnamese for information, as it has for nearly 20 years. The U.S. views
the problem as humanitarian, while the Vietnamese are concerned with
reconstruction aid promised by the United States in signed agreements, but not
delivered. Until we are willing to negotiate for their release, these Americans
will die in communist prisons wondering why their country abandoned them.
Ivan D. Appleby was promoted to the rank of Colonel during the period he was
maintained missing.