Fernando Alexander Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Black or African American

War or Conflict:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1953-1979

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Air Force

Unit of Service:

90th Reconnaissance Wing; 306th Bomb Wing; 42nd Bomb Wing; 72nd Bomb Wing; 99th Bomb Wing; 307th Strategic Wing

Location of Service:

Forbes Air Force Base (AFB), Kansas; MacDill AFB, Florida; Loring AFB, Maine; Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico; Westover AFB, Massachusetts; Europe; Utapao Air Base, Thailand; Vietnam; North Africa

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Prisoner of War:

Yes

Service History Note:

Veteran was shot down over North Vietnam on 12/19/1972

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] --Typewritten document

Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Interviewer:

Dwight Davis

Contributor:

Dwight Davis

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Aerospace Museum of California

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/34259

Subjects:

Alexander, Fernando
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
United States. Air Force.
Prisoners of War--United States

Cite as:

Fernando Alexander Collection
(AFC/2001/001/34259), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress