Walter A. Renelt

Vietnam War
Unit20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromWilmot South Dakota
Date of DeathNovember 20 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Colonel Renelt was a member of 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron. On November 20, 1969, he was the observer of a Cessna Skymaster Observation Aircraft (O-2A) on a mission over Laos when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.