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Hi A-1H #135329 was hit by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) barracks at Đồng Hới [103] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] August 10: Mailhes, Lawrence S: Lieutenant (LTJG) US Navy: VA-152, USS Oriskany: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: His A-1H disappeared over water [104] Killed in action, body ...
This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period from 1969–1971. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War.
South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Killed by enemy fire as the NVA overran his bunker position on OP2 [215] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 12: Widdison, Imlay S: Specialist: US Army: 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment: Battle of Kham Duc: South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Killed by enemy fire as the NVA overran his bunker position on OP2 [216]
Laos, Plain of Jars: His F-105D #59–171 was shot down while conducting a bomb damage assessment mission [11] Presumptive finding of death [3] January 21: Egan, James T: Captain: USMC: 3rd Battalion 12th Marines: South Vietnam, Quảng Ngãi Province: Missing in an ambush while acting as forward observer on a reconnaissance patrol [12 ...
South Vietnam, Firebase Gio Linh: Missing following a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attack [22] Presumptive finding of death [3] April 2: Bolte, Wayne L: Major: USAF: 42nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron: Easter Offensive: South Vietnam, Quảng Trị Province: Pilot of EB-66C #54-0466 call sign Bat 21 hit by an SA-2 missile [23 ...
Then-League President and POW wife Evelyn Grubb oversaw the development of the now-famous National League of Families' POW/MIA flag in January 1972. [5] [9] The original design for the flag was created by the artist Newt Heisley for Annin Flagmakers in 1971 after Mary Hoff, wife of MIA Lt. Commander Michael Hoff U.S.N., recognized the need for a symbol for American POW/MIAs.
In 1953, Pathet Lao fighters accompanied an invasion of Laos from Vietnam led by Viet Minh forces; they established a government at Viengxay in Houaphanh province, northeast Laos. [ 7 ] : 71–2 The communists began to make incursions into central Laos with the support of the Viet Minh, and a civil war erupted; the Pathet Lao quickly occupied ...
The list of governments of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, commonly abbreviated to Lao Government, is the main executive institution of government. It is led by the Prime Minister, the country's head of government. The Prime Minister is nominated by the President at a plenary session of the National Assembly, the country's legislature ...