Aado Kommendant

Aado Kommendant, ka Aado Komendant (9. august 1941 Paide – 8. august 1966 Song Be provints, Vietnam) oli eesti päritolu USA sõjaväelendur. Major Aado Kommendant on autasustatud USA autasudega The Distingushed Flying Cross, The Air Medal ja The Purple Heart.

Kommendant was flying his 17th mission when the plane was shot down. He was listed as missing in action on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam. Kommendant was co-piloting a F-4C Phantom Jet aircraft during a bombing mission about 40 miles northeast of Saigon, South Vietnam. No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard in the area of dense jungle held by hostile Viet Cong forces. Search and rescue operations for Kommendant and the pilot, Captain Charles M. Walling, were ongoing for two months, until officially terminated on Oct. 10, 1966.

He was listed as Missing in Action and his status remained that way for more than 12 years. He was officially declared killed in action on January 15, 1979, by the Department of the Air Force. Since his remains have not been recovered and returned, he is listed by the Department of Defense as unaccounted for in Southeast Asia
Hukkus / kadus Vietnami sõjas

• https://dea.digar.ee/page/vabaeestisona/2005/07/12/4 "Aavo Komendant"
• TLÜAR väliseesti isikud: http://isik.tlulib.ee/index.php?id=2764
• Aado Kommendant
• Biograafia (Inglise keeles)
• Avaldame austust vaprale Eesti ameeriklasele -- major Aado Kommendandile
• http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/28620/AADO-KOMMENDANT
• Kaitsevägi ja USA saatkond mälestasid 46 aasta eest Vietnami sõjas hukkunud eestlasest lendurit
• Arlingtoni kalmistu
• Maj Aado Kommendant burial place
• http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp...
• http://www.militaar.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=27815
• https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/k/k036.htm
• https://www.ohtuleht.ee/487726/leiti-vietnami-sojas-kadunuks-jaanud...
• Estonian Memorial in Lakewood, New Jersey http://www.vabaeestisona.com/index.php/news-in-english/11522-a-thou... * video https://www.facebook.com/lydia.erakare/videos/10216598402249122