64-0751) was engulfed in a ball of fire due to the bomb fuses malfunctioning and causing a premature detonation on their release. As they rolled in on their target to release their ordnance, their F-4C (AF Ser. John Armstrong were tasked with a bombing mission to Ban Laboy ford in Laos. On the night of November 9, 1967, for his 52nd combat mission, Sijan and pilot Lt. He flew as a pilot and systems officer in an F-4 Phantom. After its completion, he was assigned to the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing, stationed at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. Graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Humanities in 1965, he was awarded a second lieutenant's commission and began Undergraduate Pilot Training. He played on the academy's football team for three years, but quit the team in his final year to concentrate on his studies. After completion of the program, he gained an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Immediately after his graduation he attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School at the United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Maryland. Sijan graduated from Bay View High School in 1960. His father, who owned a restaurant, was an ethnic Serb, his parents emigrated from Serbia during World War I his mother was an Irish-American. Lance Peter Sijan, also known by his Serbian name Lazar Šijan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Шијан), was born to Sylvester and Jane Sijan on April 13, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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