Prisoners of War / Missing in Action from Indiana:

AMMON, GLENDON LEE Remains Returned 23 August 1978

Name: William Warner Bancroft, Jr. Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Unit: 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Udorn Air Base, Thailand Date of Birth: 12 June 1945 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 13 November 1970

Name: Charles Elbert Beals Rank/Branch: E4/US Army Unit: Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division Date of Birth: 27 September 1949 (Union City IN) Home City of Record: French Lick IN Date of Loss: 07 July 1970

Name: Quentin Rippetoe Beecher Rank/Branch: W2/US Army Unit: Company B, 227th Aviation Battalion, 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Date of Birth: 14 September 1942 Home City of Record: Terre Haute IN Loss Date: 11 June 1967

Name: Stephen E. Breiner Rank/Branch: E2/USMC Unit: 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division Date of Birth: 5 July 1947 Home City of Record: Decatur, IN (born Fort Wayne, IN) Date of Loss: 24 September 1968

RICHARD C. BRENNEMAN Captain - United States Air Force Shot Down: November 8,1967 Released: March 14,1973

Name: Hubert Elliot Buchanan Rank/Branch: O2/USAF Unit: Ubon, Thailand 555th TFS Date of Birth: 24 April 1941 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 16 September 1966 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 211157N 1062558E (XJ487447) Status (in 1973): Released POW

Name: Michael Thomas Burns Rank/Branch: O2/United States Air Force Unit: 433rd TFS Date of Birth: 18 October 1944 Home City of Record: Fort Wayne IN Date of Loss: 05 July 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 173600 North 1062700 East Status (in 1973): Returnee

Name: Harry Franklin Carver Rank/Branch: E5/US Army Unit: Company E, 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division Date of Birth: 24 May 1942 Home City of Record: New Albany IN Date of Loss: 10 April 1968

Name: Charles Dennis Chomel Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps Unit: 3rd Recon Company, 3rd Recon Battalion, 3rd Marine Division Date of Birth: 23 August 1947 Home City of Record: Columbus IN Date of Loss: 11 June 1967

Name: Lawrence Clark Rank/Branch: E5/USAF Unit: 33rd Air Rescue/Recovery Squadron Date of Birth: 15 August 1928 Home City of Record: Logansport IN Date of Loss: 18 October 1966

Name: Thomas D. Clem Rank/Branch: 02/USMC Reserve Unit: Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Date of Birth: 31 May 1942 Home City of Record: New Paris, IN (born Goshen, IN) Date of Loss: 3 May 1968

Name: William K. Cogdell Rank/Branch: O2/USAF Date of Birth: 15 March 1938 Home City of Record: Greentown, IN Date of Loss: 17 January 1967

Name: Kenneth Lloyd Crody Rank/Branch: E4/US Marine Corps Unit: HMM 165, MAG 36, 1 MAW Date of Birth: 03 August 1953 Home City of Record: Griffith Lake IN Date of Loss: 11 July 1972

Name: Gene Edmond Davis Rank/Branch: E5/US Air Force Unit: 4th Air Commando Squadron, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam Date of Birth: 05 April 1928 Home City of Record: Evansville, IN Date of Loss: 13 March 1966

Name: Phillip Alan Ducat Rank/Branch: O3/US Marine Corps Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 Marine Air Group 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Date of Birth: 04 September 1939 Home City of Record: Ft. Wayne IN Date of Loss: 25 September 1966

Name: Dean Arnold Duvall Rank/Branch: E4/US Air Force Unit: 4th Air Commando Squadron, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam Date of Birth: 04 September 1945 Home City of Record: Monon/Monticello IN Date of Loss: 13 March 1966

ERWIN, DONALD EDWARD Remains Returned - ID Announced March 1990

Name: George Curtis Green, Jr. Rank/Branch: E5/US Army Special Forces Unit: C & C Detachment, MACV-SOG, 5th Special Forces Group Date of Birth: 13 May 1950 (Indianapolis IN) Home City of Record: Attica IN Date of Loss: 04 December 1970

Last Name : HARPER First Name : RALPH LEWIS Branch of Service : USMC Rank : E3 Dob : 01/14/48 Date of Loss : 06/06/68 -- 06-JUN-68 City and State of Record : INDIANAPOLIS IN

Name: Steven Wayne Heitman Rank/Branch: E5/US Army Unit: H & H Troop; 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry; 1st Cavalry Division Date of Birth: 23 April 1943 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 13 March 1968

Name: John Wayne Held Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force Date of Birth: 08 July 1936 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 17 April 1968

Last Name : HEWITT First Name : SAMUEL EUGENE Branch of Service : USMC Rank : E2 Dob : 02/26/48 Date of Loss : 03/23/66 -- 23-MAR-66 City and State of Record : WALKERTON IN

Name: John Russell Hills Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force Unit: Unknown (per Air Force) Date of Birth: 25 November 1925 Home City of Record: South Bend IN Date of Loss: 14 February 1966

Last Name : HOFFMAN First Name : TERRY ALAN Branch of Service : USMC Rank : E3 Dob : 02/03/45 Date of Loss : 08/19/68 -- 19-AUG-68 City and State of Record : DANVILLE IN

HOLDEMAN, ROBERT EUGENE REMAINS RETURNED 06/26/97

Name: Donald Russell Hoskins Rank/Branch: E6/US Air Force Unit: CCK Air Force Base, Taiwan - TDY to 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Tan Son Nhut ABSV Date of Birth: 05 January 1929 Home City of Record: Madison IN Date of Loss: 26 April 1972

Name: George Andrews Howes Rank/Branch: W1/US Army Unit: 71st Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal), Chu Lai, South Vietnam Date of Birth: 16 June 1950 (Little Rock AR) Home City of Record: Knox IN Date of Loss: 10 January 1970

Last Name : JACOBS First Name : JOHN CHARLES Remarks : 01/15/67 REMAINS RECOVERED CACCF CRASH/PILOT

Last Name : JOHNS First Name : PAUL FREDERCK Branch of Service : USAF Rank : O4 Dob : 10/12/31 Date of Loss : 06/28/68 -- 28-JUN-68 City and State of Record : LACONIA IN

Name: James Reed Johnson Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Date of Birth: 26 March 1948 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 21 August 1966

Name: Grayland Jones Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: 128th Signal Company, Port Command, 1st Logistics Command Date of Birth: 01 September 1950 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 23 November 1969

Name: Thomas Nelson Jones Rank/Branch: E4/US Army Date of Birth: Home City of Record: Lynnville IN Date of Loss: 25 August 1968 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 110930N 1061320E (XT328346) Status (in 1973): Released POW

Last Name : KLUTE First Name : KARL EDWIN Branch of Service : USAF Rank : O3 Dob : 07/16/36 Date of Loss : 03/14/66 -- 14-MAR-66 City and State of Record : RICHMOND IN

Name: Charles Allen Knochel Rank/Branch: O3/US Navy Unit: Attack Squadron 176, USS INTREPID (CVS-11) Date of Birth: 12 February 1940 (Rensselaer IN) Home City of Record: Lafayette IN Date of Loss: 22 September 1966

Last Name : KUHLMAN First Name : ROBERT JOHN JR. Branch of Service : USMC Rank : O2 Dob : 08/25/44 Date of Loss : 01/17/69 -- 17-JAN-69 City and State of Record : RICHMOND IN

Name: Bennie Richard Lambton Rank/Branch: E7/US Navy Unit: Heavy Photo Squadron 61, USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) Date of Birth: 07 August 1930 (Harrisburg IL) Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 13 June 1966

Name: Carl William Lasiter Rank/Branch:O3/United States Air Force, pilot Unit: 34th TFS Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 05 February 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 213700 North 1051700 East Status (in 1973): Returnee

Name: Michael Lautzenheiser Rank/Branch: E5/US Army Unit: 68th Aviation Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Camp Holloway, Pleiku RV Date of Birth: 15 September 1951 (Hartford City IN) Home City of Record: Muncie IN Date of Loss: 26 October 1971

Name: Karl Wade Lawson Rank/Branch: E4/US Army Special Forces Unit: Detachment B-36, Company A 5th Special Forces Group Date of Birth: 21 May 1947 Home City of Record: Terre Haute IN Date of Loss: 09 April 1968

LEWELLEN, WALTER EDWARD ON DOD REMAINS RETURNED LIST 12/96, DATE UNKNOWN

Name: Frank Douglas Lewis Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force, pilot Unit: 72nd Strat Wing, Guam Date of Birth: Home City of Record: Ft. Wayne IN Date of Loss: 28 December 1972 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 210700N 1055600E (WJ980330) Status (in 1973): Released POW

Name: Charles Wesley Lindewald, Jr. Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces Unit: Company C, Detachment A-101, 12th Mobile Strike Force, 5th Special Forces Group Date of Birth: 30 July 1938 Home City of Record: La Porte IN Loss Date: 07 February 1968

Name: James Michael Lyon Rank/Branch: O3/US Army Unit: HHC, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Date of Birth: 08 mARCH 1948 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 05 February 1970 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 163045N 1072824E (YD494093) Status (in 1973): Prisoner of War

Last Name : MANN First Name : ROBERT LEE Branch of Service : USAF Rank : O3 Dob : 02/19/33 Date of Loss : 10/22/65 -- 22-OCT-65 City and State of Record : LAFAYETTE IN

Last Name : MARTIN First Name : DONALD E. Remarks : 04/15/68 ESCAPED

Name: Jerry Dean Martin Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: 329th Transportation Company, 5th Transportation Command (Terminal) Date of Birth: 18 May 1946 Home City of Record: Bedford IN Date of Loss: 03 November 1970

Name: Jerry W. Marvel Rank/Branch: O4/United States Marine Corps Unit: Date of Birth: Home City of Record: Evansville IN Date of Loss: 24 February 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates:205500 North 1051600 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Remarks : 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV Remarks : XXX DIED MAY 1995 ENROUTE FROM FL VA HOSP TO NC

Name: James Maurice McGarvey Rank/Branch: O4/US Marine Corps Unit: VMA 242, MAG 11 Date of Birth: 21 August 1933 Home City of Record: Valparaiso IN Date of Loss: 17 April 1967

Name: John Bryan McKamey Rank/Branch: E4/US Navy, pilot Unit: VA-23 Date of Birth: 10 July 1935 (Greencastle IN) Home City of Record: Fillmore IN Date of Loss: 02 June 1965 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 185200N 1052600E (WF456859) Status (in 1973): Released POW

Last Name : MC KINNEY First Name : NEIL BERNARD Remarks : LAST RADIO CONTACT VIC ZB061805 REM RET 10/30/96

Name: Francis Barnes Midnight Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Date of Birth: 11 July 1939 Home City of Record: Gary IN Date of Loss: 23 August 1967

Name: Harry E Mitchell Rank/Branch: E8/US Navy Unit: USS Long Beach (CGN-9) Date of Birth: 19 September 1948 Home City of Record: Marion IN Date of Loss: 05 May 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam/Over Water Status (in 1973): Unauthorized Absentee - AWOL

JOSEPH S. MOBLEY Lieutenant- United States Navy Shot Down: June 24, 1968 Released: March 14, 1973 Remarks : ALIVE IN 96

Name: Ronald Wayne Montgomery Rank/Branch: E5/USN Unit: Fighter Squadron 143, USS CONSTELLATION Date of Birth: 27 November 1946 (Milan IN) Home City of Record: Moore's Hill IN Date of Loss: 02 October 1969

Name: Ralph Edward Moore Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division Date of Birth: 26 December 1946 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 03 May 1967

Name: Robert Russell Garwood Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps Date of Birth: 01 April 1946 Home City of Record: Greenville IN Status: Expat. Remarks: Released in March 1979, after having been a prisoner of war for 14 years. The Marine Corps immediately charged him with collaboration and assault on a fellow POW, and he was ultimately charged and dishonorably discharged. He is the only serviceman to be charged with these crimes from the Vietnam War.

Name: John Michel Nash Rank/Branch: O3/US Army Unit: 20th Aviation Detachment - HQ MACV SD5891 (see note in text) Date of Birth: 21 March 1937 Home City of Record: Tipton IN Loss Date: 15 March 1966

Name: William Lee Nellans Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force Date of Birth: 29 December 1936 Home City of Record: Warsaw IN Date of Loss: 17 September 1967

Name: Larry Stephen Newburn Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: Company E, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division Date of Birth: 15 September 1947 Home City of Record: Kokomo IN Date of Loss: 29 August 1967

NIGGLE, HARRY TILLMAN Remains Returned

Name: David Eugene Padgett Rank/Branch: O2/US Army Unit: 282nd Aviation Company, 212th Aviation Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade Date of Birth: 02 January 1944 Home City of Record: Washington IN Date of Loss: 06 February 1969

Name: Thomas Aquinas Parker Rank/Branch: E6/US Navy Unit: Marine Air Group 36, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Division Date of Birth: 31 December 1937 (Huntington IN) Home City of Record: Oxford IN Date of Loss: 05 April 1967

Name: James F. Pfister, Jr. Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: 71st Aviation Company, 145th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade Date of Birth: Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 05 January 1968 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 153557N 1081012E (AT967265) Status (in 1973): Released POW Remarks : 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG Remarks : ALIVE IN 96

Name: Russell Arden Poor Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force Unit: 41st TRS Date of Birth: 15 September 1935 Home City of Record: Warsaw IN Date of Loss: 04 February 1967



Name: George Ray Posey
Rank/Branch: E3/US Navy
Unit: U.S. Navy Support Activity, Da Nang
Date of Birth: 27 July 1948 (Fairfield IL)
Home City of Record: Anderson IN
Date of Loss: 05 September 1968

ROBINSON, KENNETH DALE
Remains Returned

Last Name  :  ROGERS                 First Name :  BILLIE LEE
Branch of Service : USN      Rank : E3     Dob : 06/13/48
Date of Loss  : 12/01/69  -- 01-DEC-69
City and State of Record : GARY                    IN

Name: Charles Edward Rogers
Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force
Unit: 1st Air Commando Squadron
Date of Birth: 25 March 1939
Home City of Record: Gary IN
Date of Loss: 04 May 1967

Name: Charles David Schoonover
Rank/Branch: O4/US Navy
Unit: Recon/Attack Squadron 9, USS RANGER (CVA-61)
Date of Birth: 18 September 1931 (Louisville KY)
Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN
Date of Loss: 16 January 1966

Name: Ronald Eugene Smith
Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces
Unit: Command & Control Central, MACV-SOG, 5th Special Forces Group
Date of Birth: 29 March 1940 (Kingman IN)
Home City of Record: Covington IN
Date of Loss: 28 November 1970

Last Name  :  SOUCY                  First Name :  RONALD PHILIP
Branch of Service : USN      Rank : E5     Dob : 01/18/37
Date of Loss  : 05/23/67  -- 23-MAY-67
City and State of Record : WHITTING LAKE           IN

Name:                        Bruce Wayne Staehli
Rank/Branch:                Lance Corporal/USMC
Unit:
Date of Birth:                24 September 1948
Home City of Record:        Crow Point Lake IN
Loss Date:                30 April 1968

STOLZ, LAWRENCE GENE
Remains Returned 06 April 1988 - ID Announced 03 January 1990

Name: Kenneth Arnold Stonebraker
Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force
Unit: 11th Tactical Recon Squadron, Udorn Airfield, Thailand
Date of Birth: 15 December 1938
Home City of Record: Hobart IN
Date of Loss: 28 October 1968

Name: John Franklin Stuart
Rank/Branch: Lt.Colonel/United States Air Force
Date of Birth: 26 July 1933
Unit: 307th Strat Wing, Utopea AB Thailand
Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN
Loss Date: 20 December 1972

Name: John Steiner Stuckey, Jr.
Rank/Branch: E2/US Army
Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborn Brigade
Date of Birth: 30 May 1946 (Green Castle IN)
Home City of Record: Cloverdale IN
Date of Loss: 11 November 1967

Name: Donald Joseph Trampski
Rank/Branch: E2/US Army
Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 16 August 1948 (Michigan City IN)
Home City of Record: Chesterton IN
Date of Loss: 16 September 1969

 Last Name  :  WADE                   First Name :  BARTON S.
 Remarks : REMAINS RETURNED 12/04/85

Name: Raymond Anthony Wagner
Rank/Branch: E3/US Air Force
Unit: 40th Air Rescue/Recovery Squadron, Nakhon Phanom, Airfield, Thailand
Date of Birth: 22 October 1951
Home City of Record: Evansville IN
Date of Loss: 27 March 1972

Name: Tim Leroy Walters
Rank/Branch: E6/US Army
Unit: Special Operations Group - MACV
Date of Birth: 24 February 1043
Home City of Record: South Bend IN
Date of Loss: 09 March 1969

WEISMAN, KURT FREDERICK
Remains Returned 1975

Name: Junior Lee Whittle
Rank/Branch: E4/US Army
Unit: 630th Ordinance Company
Date of Birth: 08 November 1947
Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN
Date of Loss: 24 September 1966

 Last Name  :  WILSON                 First Name :  GORDON S.
 Remarks : REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86

Name: Thomas Thawson Wright
Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force
Date of Birth: 02 October 1934
Home City of Record: Gary IN
Date of Loss: 27 February 1968

Name: Robin Ray Yeakley
Rank/Branch: E4/US Army
Date of Birth: 24 July 1948
Home City of Record: South Bend IN
Date of Loss: 11 June 1972

Name: Jeffrey Jerome Young
Rank/Branch: E3/US Army
Unit: Company C, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 18 July 1950
Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN
Date of Loss: 04 April 1970

Name: John Harry Yuill
Rank/Branch: O5/US Air Force, pilot
Unit: 307th Strat Wing
Home City of Record: Boswell IN
Date of Loss: 22 December 1972
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210125N 1055100E (WJ880210)
Status (in 1973): Released POW
November 1996
John Yuill retired from the United States Air Force as a Lt. Colonel. He and
his wife Rose reside in Texas.
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