Alton Craig Rockett Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit390th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromBirmingham Alabama
Date of DeathJune 2 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Rockett was a member of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. On June 2, 1967, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a mission near Ron, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down by hostile fire. His remains were recovered on July 3, 1989 and identified on August 28, 2006. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.