Hometown: Jefferson City, TN
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Unit: 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Military Honors: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: April 13, 1952 - KIA southeast of Chŏngju, North Korea
Age: 22
Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953

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Sources
Details provided by Angelyn Bales, 1stLt Bettis’s niece
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: 1st Lt. Allan Shields Bettis
Standard Banner, Apr. 5, 1951: Local Student Completing Study To Get “Wings”
Grainger County News, Sep. 26, 1951: Lt. Allan Bettis Home Recently On Furlough
East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association: Allan S. Bettis
U.S. Department of Military Affairs: Veterans Legacy Memorial—Allan Shields Bettis
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Apr. 27, 1952: Fighter Pilot, Allan Bettis, Is Missing
Standard Banner, Jan. 6, 1954: Lieut. Allan Bettis, Missing In Korea Since April 13, 1952, Now “Presumed To Be Dead”, His Parents Here Notified
The Knoxville Journal, Apr. 29, 1952: Flier Missing In Korea On His 26th Mission
Truckbusters from Dogpatch—The Combat Diary of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing In the Korean War, 1950-1953: p. 476, Combat Losses in April: 1st Lt. Allan Shields Bettis
Burial Site: Find a Grave