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Tilden Stewart Holley
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thumb Captain Tilden Stewart Holley was a United States Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War. T.S., as he was known, was born in West Point, Mississippi to Mr.& Mrs. Tilden S. Holley, Sr. He graduated from West Point High School. After graduating, he entered the Air Force Aviation Cadet Program, graduating in 1956 as a 2nd Lt and with an assignment as an F-100 Super Sabre pilot. Later he attended the University of Omaha, earning a degree in business. Holley was assigned duty in Vietnam in September 1967 at the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing in Da Nang Airbase as pilot of a Phantom F4. On January 20th, 1968, while flying a night armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam, his plane was shot down and he and his backseater, 1st Lt. James A. Ketterer, ejected. Almost ten years later, on June 7, 1978, Holly and Ketterer were officially listed as killed in a shootout after ejecting. His body has not been recovered. His name appears on panel 34E, line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.. thumb 
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