Ronnie George Lindstrom
Era: Vietnam
Military Branch: Air Force
Status: Featured Story
Ronnie Lindstrom served in the Vietnam War.
He served in the U.S. Air Force, in the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Buon AB, Thailand.
His rank was 1st Lieutenant.
He was born on June 14, 1944. He graduated from Duluth East High School in 1962. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, in 1967.
Mr. Lindstrom's plane went down on January 2, 1970 in Laos. He was declared missing in action (MIA) in 1973. In 1978, he was declared killed in action (KIA).
Ronnie Lindstrom was a co-pilot of the F4D Phantom in the Vietnam War; he flew with Capt. John T. West. On January 2, 1970, their plane went down over South Korea without a distress call. It is believed that the two men died in the crash.
The aircraft was the second in a flight of two F4Ds from Ubon Airfield on January 2, 1970, on an operational mission over Laos. The two planes were near the Sepone River in Savannakhet Province, about ten miles from the border of South Vietnam, and West and Lindstrom's aircraft was seen to crash. The flight leader saw the aircraft descend and saw the wreckage on the ground, but observed no parachutes. No emergency radio beeper signals were heard to indicate that West and Lindstrom safely ejected from the aircraft.
Sources: Homecoming II Project; Duluth News Tribune, June 13, 1978.
