Early life and education Henry Viccellio Jr. was born on August 4, 1940. After graduating from the
United States Air Force Academy in 1962, he attended pilot training until September of the next year at
Webb Air Force Base,
Texas. From October 1963 until June the next year, he attended
F-100 Super Sabre combat crew training at
Luke Air Force Base in
Arizona. From June 1964 until October 1965, he flew the F-100 with the
309th Tactical Fighter Squadron at
Homestead Air Force Base,
Florida. Beginning in October and ranging for the next year, he was an
A-1E Skyraider pilot for the
602nd Fighter Squadron,
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base,
Thailand. Then took the next two years off and became an Olmsted Scholar at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico City. Beginning in October 1968, he was a student, Master of Arts degree in Latin American studies at
American University in
Washington D.C. He graduated in June 1969. He then was the vice commander of the
San Antonio Air Logistics Center at
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas from June 1985 to September of the following year. He then became deputy chief of staff for logistics at
Tactical Air Command headquarters,
Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia until April 1989. Henry Viccellio Jr. died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 85. ==Awards==