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VA-196, USS Ranger: Operation Steel Tiger: Laos, Khammouane Province: Pilot of A-6A #152937 hit by enemy fire on a bombing run, both crewmen ejected and a pararescueman confirmed he was dead but was unable to recover the body. The remains of the Bombardier/navigator LTJG Nicholas Brooks were returned in 1982 [2] Presumptive finding of death [3 ...
South Vietnam, Cà Mau: B-26 #44-35703 hit by ground fire and crashed, bodies of two other crewmen recovered [21] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] October 29: Versace, Humbert R: Captain: US Army: Detachment A-23 5th Special Forces Group: South Vietnam, An Xuyen Province: Captured by Vietcong while leading a CIDG patrol. On 28 September ...
Iceal Eugene "Gene" Hambleton (November 16, 1918 – September 19, 2004) was a career United States Air Force navigator who was shot down over South Vietnam during the 1972 Easter Offensive. He was aboard an EB-66 aircraft whose call sign was Bat 21.
Pilot of RF-4C that crashed on a reconnaissance mission, the wreckage was located in steep terrain but the bodies of the crew could not be recovered due to enemy presence. [10] In 2006 the remains of the copilot 1LT Charles Bifolchi were identified: Presumptive finding of death [3] January 9: Green, Norman M: Colonel: USAF: 497th Tactical ...
Howard was wounded 14 times during a 54-month period in the Vietnam War. For his distinguished service, Howard received a direct appointment from Master Sergeant to First Lieutenant in December 1969. Howard graduated from Ranger School class 7–73 in May 1973 and served with the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis, Washington as company ...
Donald Goldstein, a retired Air Force colonel and a co-author of a prominent Vietnam War photojournalism book, The Vietnam War: The Stories and The Photographs, says of Burst of Joy, "After years of fighting a war we couldn't win, a war that tore us apart, it was finally over, and the country could start healing." [5]
The bodies of 40 PAVN were discovered, Marine losses were 9 dead. Several of the dead Marines were found with their jammed M-16s broken open for cleaning. [1]: 118 Also on 10 September the ARVN 37th Ranger Battalion encountered a PAVN force north of the Swift operational area. The Rangers lost 13 killed and 9 missing while the PAVN lost 70 killed.
Anthony B. Herbert (7 April 1930 – 7 June 2014) was a United States Army officer, who served in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.He is best known for his claims that he witnessed war crimes in Vietnam, which his commanding officer refused to investigate.