United States of America Skyhawk Aviators on Skyhawk Sorties - Killed In Action, Missing In Action, Operational Losses, Prisoners Of War, Wounded In Action, Combat Recoveries and OPS Recoveries U.S.A. Skyhawk Unit Casualties other than Skyhawk Sorties. Eternal Father 634K wav Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces in the sky. Be with them always in the air, In darkening storms or sunlight fair; Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer, For those in peril in the air! KIA / MIA OPS Loses POW WIA Combat Recoveries OPS Recoveries Last Updated 29 APR 2008 "There is no such thing as a bad day when there is a door knob on the inside." Former Vietnam Prisoner-Of-War & Skyhawk Pilot, Paul E. Galanti. Three's In ***- the Vietnam POW Home Page National POW/MIA Day is observed each year in September! Skyhawk Aviators Lost In Action (POWs who died in captivity are listed under KIA/MIA) K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A K I A / M I A LT Edward Andrew Dickson 07 FEB 1965 150075 (VA-155) A/C struck by AAA LT William Marshall Roark 07 APR 1965 148317 (VA-153) A/C struck by ground fire LTJG David Marion Christian 02 JUN 1965 151144 (VA-23) A/C struck by AAA CDR Peter Mongilardi 25 JUN 1965 149574 (VA-153) A/C struck by AAA LTJG Donald Hubert Brown 11 AUG 1965 151185 (VA-23) A/C struck by SAM CDR Harry Eugene Thomas 13 AUG 1965 148475 (VA-153) A/C struck by AAA LTJG Joe Russell Mossman 13 SEP 1965 149999 (VA-72) A/C struck by small arms fire LTJG Neil Brooks Taylor 14 SEP 1965 147682 (VA-192) A/C possibly struck by ground fire LTJG John Bowers Worcester 19 OCT 1965 148584 (VA-195) Disappeared without a trace - Cause unknown LCDR Roy Howard "Hap" Bowling 17 NOV 1965 151083 (VA-163) A/C struck by AAA LTJG John "Mac" V. McCormick 01 DEC 1965 149560 (VA-144) A/C struck by AAA LT John Douglas Prudhomme 22 DEC 1965 149521 (VA-76) Contact with ground (pilot possibly incapacitated by AAA) 1st Lt. Thomas Farrell Eldridge 29 DEC 1965 150019 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. LTJG Donald Clay MacLaughlin 02 JAN 1966 147704 (VA-76) Contact with ground - cause unknown CDR Hubert Bradford Loheed 01 FEB 1966 149527 (VA-146) Contact with ground - cause unknown LTJG David Joseph Woloszyk 01 MAR 1966 152057 (VA-55) Lost without a trace - cause unknown. 1st Lt. Augusto Maria Xavier 09 MAR 1966 148518 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Contact with ground - cause unknown. LTJG Jerald Lee Pinneker 20 MAR 1966 145081 (VA-144) Contact with ground - cause unknown. LCDR John Mark Tiderman 21 MAR 1966 148499 (VA-94) A/C struck by SAM LT Frank Ray Compton 21 MAR 1966 149515 (VA-94) A/C struck by SAM LT Dennis Philip Cook 06 APR 1966 152052 (VA-212) Catapult malfunction CDR John Abbott 20 APR 1966 BuNo148512 (VA-113) AAA Loss Capt. William Francis Mullen 29 APR 1966 151047 (VMA-223, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. LCDR Walter Sutton Wood 02 MAY 1966 151034 (VA-55) A/C struck by ground fire Capt. Ralph Warren Caspole 03 JUN 1966 152047 (VMA-223) A/C struck by automatic weapons fire. LCDR Gene Albert Smith 27 JUN 1966 152073 (VA-155) Contact with ground - cause unknown. CDR Charles Henry Peters 01 JUL 1966 150017 (VA-155) A/C struck by AAA. LCDR George Henry Wilkins 10 JUL 1966 147732 (VA-153) Contact with ground - cause unknown. LTJG Virgil King Cameron 29 JUL 1966 152045 (VA-155) A/C struck by AAA. 1st Lt. John Richard Fischer 08 SEP 1966 150020 (VMA-224, MAG-12) A/C lost on night mission - cause unknown. LCDR William Francis Coakley 12 SEP 1966 147763 (VA-153) Contact with ground on night mission - cause unknown. 1st Lt. Thomas Howard Hawking 16 SEP 1966 152020 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Contact with trees - pilot ejected slipped from makeshift Heuy sling 1st Lt. Richard MacAuliffe Bloom 20 SEP 1966 150054 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Contact with ground - cause unknown. LTJG Michael Steele Confer 10 OCT 1966 151150 (VA-23) Contact with ground - cause unknown. LT Frank Callihan Elkins 12 OCT 1966 152075 (VA-164) SAM shootdown LTJG Harry S. Edwards 20 OCT 1966 148592 (VA-153) AAA shootdown, KIA LTJG William Tamm Arnold 17 NOV 1966 148496 (VA-22) Contact with sea - cause unknown. Capt. Claude Nathaniel Williams 24/25 NOV 1966 151123 (VMA-223, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. CDR Bruce August Nystrom 02 DEC 1966 145143 (VA-172) Possible loss to SAM ENS Paul Laurence Worrell 02 DEC 1966 145116 (VA-172) Possible loss to SAM LT Claude David Wilson 14 DEC 1966 151068 (VA-72) A/C struck by SAM. LTJG Daniel Hagan Moran Jr. 15 JAN 1967 151168 (VA-23) A/C struck by AAA LTJG Jerry Franks Hogan 20 JAN 1967 145144 (VA-112) A/C struck ground during night mission - cause unknown Maj. Harold Joseph Alwan 27 FEB 1967 152051 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Disappeared on a helicopter escort mission - cause unknown Capt. Robert Boughton Beale 17 MAR 1967 148585 (VMA-214, MAG-12) A/C struck by small arms fire. LT Alexander J. Palenscar 27 MAR 1967 148519 (VA-112) Disappeared after attack on bridge - cause unknown Capt. William Cliston Clay 12 APR 1967 151039 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C damaged by AAA, or possible by its own bomb blast LCDR Michael John "Mike" Estocin 26 APR 1967 151073 (VA-192) A/C struck by SAM LTJG James Scott Graham 04 MAY 1967 148514 (VA-113) A/C struck by AAA - Pilot KIA after ejection. CDR Roger Morton Netherland 10 MAY 1967 149509 (VA-94) A/C struck by SAM. Maj. Robert Lee Snyder 10 MAY 1967 151997 (VMA-223, MAG-12) A/C struck SAM fire. 1st Lt. Michael Walter Thoennes 30 MAY 1967 150032 (VAM-121, MAG-12) A/C struck by small arms fire. CDR Peter Woodbury Sherman 10 JUN 1967 145145 (VA-56) A/C possibly struck by SAM. LT LeGrande Ogden Cole 30 JUN 1967 148466 (VA-15) Disappeared on bombing run. Assumed A/C struck by AAA. LT Fredrick Morrison Kasch 02 JUL 1967 145002 (VSF-3) A/C struck by AAA LT Phillip Charles Craig 04 JUL 1967 148544 (VA-15) Assumed shot down after raid. Lt Charles Richard Lee 09 JUL 1967 149542 (VA-146) A/C struck by SAM. LCDR Richard Danner Hartman 18 JUL 1967 shootdown 151986 (VA-164) A/C struck by AAA, killed in captivity LCDR Donald Vance Davis 25 JUL 1967 149961 (VA-163) Lost on a combat strafing run LTJG Ralph Campion Bisz 01/04 AUG 1967 150052 (VA-163) A/C struck by SAM. 1st Lt. Kenneth Allen Berube 11 AUG 1967 151088 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. Capt. Wesley Robert Phenegar 13 AUG 1967 152054 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Engine failure returning from combat Maj. Charles Franklin Wallace 28 AUG 1967 150038 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Richard "Dick" Clark Perry 31 AUG 1967 151991 (VA-164) A/C struck by SAM LT David Lawton Hodges 07 OCT 1967 152086 (VA-164) A/C struck by SAM LTJG Fredrick John Fortner 17 OCT 1967 152038 (VA-155) Possible damage by own 2.75 inch rockets LCDR John Fredrick Barr 18 OCT 1967 152048 (VA-164) A/C struck by AAA LTJG James Edward Dooley 22 OCT 1967 150116 (VA-163) Possibly struck by SAM. LT Jeffery Martin Krommenhoek 25 OCT 1967 150086 (VA-163) Possibly struck by AAA LTJG Frederic Woodrow Knapp 02 NOV 1967 151985 (VA-164) A/C struck ground - cause unknown LCDR Wilmer Paul Cook 22 DEC 1967 152071 (VA-155) A/C possibly damaged by own bomb blast LTJG Ralph Eugene Foulks 05 JAN 1968 150131 (VA-163) Possibly struck by AAA. Capt. James Dale Mills 29 JAN 1968 149976 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Probably struck by small arms fire LCDR Robert Saaveda 27 APR 1968 151070 (VA-144) Possibly struck by AAA. LTJG Barry Edwin Karger 14 MAY 1968 154198 (VA-93) Contact with ground - cause unknown 1st Lt. Walter Roy Schmidt 09 JUN 1968 151080 (VMA-121, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. LCDR Frank Eugene Fullerton 27 JUL 1968 154182 (VA-93) Contact with ground - cause unknown Maj. Donald Bruce Campbell 27 JUL 1968 151143 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Contact with ground on a napalm run LTJG Edward James Broms 01 AUG 1968 148599 (VA-66) A/C struck by AAA Capt. Dale A. Luster 26 SEP 1968 150094 (VMA-121) Downed by automatic weapons CDR Donald Edward Erwin 02 OCT 1968 151126 (VA-164) A/C struck by AAA LT Kenneth Keith Knabb 21 OCT 1968 151160 (VA-106) Flew into the ground on a strafing run Capt. Charles R. Connor 28 OCT 1968 154304 (H&MS-13, MAG-13) Lost returning from target spotting mission LT William Ernest Ricker 28 OCT 1968 154304 (H&MS-13, MAG-13) Lost returning from target spotting mission Capt. Philip D. Barger 11 NOV 1968 149660 (VMA-311, MAG-12) A/C struck by small arms fire LTJG Larry James Stevens 14 FEB 1969 149529 (VA-216) A/C struck by AAA 1st Lt. Ronald Dean Layton 04 APR 1969 151993 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. LTJG Leland Charles Cooke Sage 22 JUN 1969 152029 (VA-144) Flew into the ground on a bomb run LT Stanley Kutz Smiley 20 JUL 1969 154993 (VA-23) Flew into ground confirming target 1st Lt. Dennis Lee Peek 09 JAN 1970 152082 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire. Lt.Col. Ward MAR 1970 H&MS-11 TA-4 recovered (back seater) Killed by a single bullet from ground fire. 1st Lt. Jan H. Nelson 11 APR 1970 152099 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Flew into ground on bomb run LTJG John Bryan Golz 22 APR 1970 148484 (VA-172) Flew into ground on bomb run 1st Lt. John David Lawson 01 SEP 1970 150028 (VMA-311, MAG-13) A/C struck by ground fire 1st Lt. Bernard Herbert Plassmeyer 11 SEP 1970 151165 (VMA-311, MAG-11) A/C struck by ground fire CDR Henry Hooker Strong 25 MAY 1972 155045 (VA-212) A/C struck by AAA CDR Frank Clifford Green 09 JUL 1972 154972 (VA-212) Flew into ground on a night bomb run LT James Patrick Shea 30 APR 1965 (VA-215) KIA Skyhawk Aviators Lost In Skyhawk Operations Accidents (KWF) O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S O P S / L O S E S James B. Verdin 24 JAN 1955 137815 A/C crashed LT Bennett W. Hooks 05 OCT 1956 139926? (VX-5) A/C crashed LTJG F. L. Naylor 02 OCT 1957 142216 (VA-93) "Cold Cat" Shot LTJG Thomas J. Davis 08 OCT 1958 142691 (VA-12) CVA-59 OPS Loss CDR John R. Sullivan 07 JAN 1959 142686 (VA-12) CVA-59 OPS Loss CDR W. J. McNeil Jr. 27 MAY 1959 A4D-2 (VA-66) A/C crashed LTJG Lawrence Gerald Stable 16 OCT 1959 145006(VA-81) Lost at Sea cause unknown CDR Samuel J. Brocato 1960 A4D-2 (VA-55) Lost at Sea A/C struck in-flight by drop tank Captain Maitland 1960 A4D-2 ? (VMA-121) Coral Sea Bad cat shot Lt. Elder 1960 A4D-2 ? (VMA-121) Coral Sea Lost at sea CDR C. "John" B. Shuff 1960-61 142124? (VA-86) Lost at Sea cause unknown LCDR Howie Thayer 1960-61 142137? (VA-86) Lost at Sea cause unknown LCDR James T. Peddy, Jr. 06 JAN 1962 A4D-2N? (VA-66) Lost after night launch LTJG Jay Blanke 07 FEB 1963 147805 (VA-83) Crashed into Sea Close-Aboard Forrestal LT Ted Higgins MAR 1964 A-4C BuNo? (VA-192) Cause Unknown LTJG Joe Cooke MAR 1964 A-4C BuNo? (VA-192) Cause Unknown LT Robert M. Robinson 24 JUN 1964 150012 (VA-43) Cause Unknown LT Donald Vol Hester 06 SEP 1964 150024 (VA-56) Catapult launch error LT Frank Scot Grisom 39 DEC 1964 149625 (VA-216) Carrier Landing LT Thomas Mineau 03 MAR 1965 149612 (VA-216) CVA-19 Landing LT Douglas Stuart Mayfield 11 JUN 1965 148524 (NAF China Lake) A/C struck by debris LT Malcom Arthur Avore 18 JUL 1965 151089 (VA-163) Engine failure on launch LTJG D. M. Webster 05 DEC 1965 151022 (VA-56) A/C rolled off deck at sea LT David Wallace Wickam 17 DEC 1965 148510 (VA-113) Landing upon return from combat LCDR John Bethel Tapp 23 MAR 1966 147738 (VA-93) Disappeared on night approach after combat. Capt. (Maj.) Jack D. Rothwell MAR 1966 A-4C (VMA-214) A/C crashed - bombing run Dan Kapner (rank unknown) MAR/APR 1966 A-4E (VA-163) A/C crashed - bombing run 1st Lt. James H. Villeponteaux 11 MAY 1966 151995 (VMA-311) Collision with another A/C (151994). LTJG Donovan Ewoldt 29 JUL 1966 152095 (VA-164) Contact with sea after refueling - cause unknown LCDR Richard Allen Moran 07 AUG 1966 145040 (VA-15) lost in accident LCDR Joseph Stephen Henriquez 10 AUG 1966 151065 (VA-155) Engine failure on launch. LTJG William Henry Bullard 23 AUG 1966 152084 (VA-164) Contact with sea after launch - cause unknown. Maj. John Henry Gallagher 12 NOV 1966 150088 (VMA311, MAG-12) Take off accident. CDR Robert Clearence Frosio 12 NOV 1966 150048 (VA-12) Mid-air collision with 150051. LTJG James Gradey Jones 12 NOV 1966 150051 (VA-12) Mid-air collision with 150048. LCDR Arthur Kasimi Tyszkiewicz 14 JAN 1967 145087 (VA-56) Mid-air collision with 147724 LT Dennis M. Barton 29 JUL 1967 150084 (VA-46) U.S.S. Forrestal Flight Deck Fire. LCDR Gerry L. Stark 29 JUL 1967 150068 (VA-46) U.S.S. Forrestal Flight Deck Fire. LCDR Fred D. White 29 JUL 1967 150064 (VA-46) U.S.S. Forrestal Flight Deck Fire. CDR William H. Searfus 25 NOV 1967 150037 (VA-155) Blown overboard by jetblast CDR Albert D. McFall 06 DEC 1967 BuNo. ? (VA-76) Crash - Night Launch CVA-31. LCDR W. C. Rook 24 JAN 1968 147810 (VA-125) Flight Deck Crash Capt. Charles Wilbur Porterfield 24 MAR 1968 152068 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Take off accident. CDR Fredrick H. Whittemore 11 APR 1968 154995 (VA-93) Lost on a ferry flight from Cubi Point. LCDR Paul Warren Paine 07 MAY 1968 154214 (VA-113) Flew into sea while in landing pattern following a rescue mission LCDR Lawrence Dean Gosen 23 JUL 1968 154189 (VA-23) Catapult launch error LCDR William Rodney Rankin 25 JUL 1968 A-4E (VA-163) Contact with sea after launch. LCDR David Francis Callahan 23 SEP 1968 152091 (VA-106) Flight Deck Accident CDR Marvin Joel Naschek 21 NOV 1968 148608 (VA-216) Flew into sea after cat shot CDR John Herbert Weaver 16 JAN 1969 155059 (VA-155) Flew into sea after cat shot LCDR Roger Allen Meyers 08 FEB 1969 151103 (VA-164) Flew into sea after night cat shot LTJG Thomas Toon 1969 (VA-125) Cockpit Fire LTJG Frank Peter Neuman 12 FEB 1969 A/C Recovered (VA-12) Trap Crash Fatal Ejection LTJG Victor A. Demick 25 JUN 1969 148427? (VA-125) Crash after launch LT Richard David Brenning 26 JUL 1969 147833 (VA-112) Flew into sea following cat shot LT William Emil Mickelson 10 AUG 1969 151131 (VA-144) A/C struck ramp on landing after night mission LT R. E. Kuehn 1969-70 MED CVA-59 A-4C (VA-36) CVW-17 Lost at Sea LT John Arthur Griner 09 FEB 1970 155005 (VA-212) Diverted to Da Nang - blew tire on landing - A/C destroyed LT Gearald L. Hall 02 APR 1970 153503 (VX-5) Control loss crash LT John Stiles Earle 22 JUN 1970 148495 (VA-172) Flew into sea after cat shot. LTJG Gerald Carter 26 JAN 1971 151131 (VA-164) Hardware failure during cat shot LCDR Frederick Ralph Boardman 20 JUN 1971 BuNo.? (VA-205) Mid-Air with A-4 LCDR Barndenburg 1984? BuNo.? (VA-45) Landing Crash CDR John Roach 1991 A-4E Skyhawk Engine & Ejection Seat Failure

Skyhawk Aviators made Prisoners Of War
(POWs who died in captivity are listed under KIA/MIA)

P O W P O W P O W P O W P O W P O W P O W P O W P O W

LTJG Everett Alverez 05 AUG 1964 149578 (VA-144) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Raymond Arthur Vohden 13 APR 1965 148557 (VA-216) A/C struck by small arms fire LT Philip Neal Butler 20 APR 1965 149507 (VA-22) His Mk81 bombs exploded on release LT John Bryan McKamey 02 JUN 1965 151161 (VA-23) A/C struck by ground fire LTJG Richard Marvin Brunhaver 24 AUG 1965 149490 (VA-22) A/C flew into ground - cause unknown VADM James Bond Stockdale 09 SEP 1965 151134 (VA-163) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Wendell Burke Rivers 10 SEP 1965 149991 (VA-155) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Trent Richard Powers 31 OCT 1965 151173 (VA-164) A/C struck by AAA, survived ejection, killed in captivity. CDR Harry Tarelton Jenkins 13 NOV 1965 151067 (VA-163) A/C struck by ground fire LTJG Wendell Reed Alcorn 22 DEC 1965 148305 (VA-36) A/C struck by small arms fire LTJG William Leonard Shankel 23 DEC 1965 149562 (VA-94) A/C struck by ground fire LCDR Render Crayton 07 FEB 1966 152027 (VA-56) A/C struck by AAA LTJG Fredrick Charles Baldock 17 MAR 1966 147740 (VA-94) A/C struck by SAM CDR James Alfred Mulligan 20 MAR 1966 148313 (VA-36) A/C struck by ground fire. LTJG Bradley Edsel Smith 25 MAR 1966 148444 (VA-76) A/C struck by AAA. LCDR Theodore Frank Kopfman 15 JUN 1966 152063 (VA-55) A/C struck by AAA. LTJG Paul Edward Galanti 17 JUN 1966 149528 (VA-216) A/C struck by small arms fire. LT James Joseph Connell 15 JUL 1966 151024 (VA-55) Suspected AAA, Killed in Captivity 14JAN71 ENS George Palmer McSwain 28 JUL 1966 152077 (VA-164) A/C struck by SAM. LCDR John Douglas Burns 04 OCT 1966 147737 (VA-22) A/C struck by AAA. LTJG Fredrick Raymond Purrington 20 OCT 1966 147775 (VA-172) A/C struck by AAA. LT Allan Russell Carpenter 01 NOV 1966 151138 (VA72) A/C struck by AAA LTJG Danny Elloy Glenn 21 DEC, 1966 148507 (VA-144) A/C struck by AAA. LCDR Richard Allen Stratton 05 JAN 1967 151136 (VA-192) Engine failure - ingested rocket debris. LTJG Michael Paul Cronin 13 JAN 1967 151158 (VA-23) A/C struck by AAA. CDR Ernest Melvin Moore 11 MAR 1967 151108 (VA-192) A/C struck by SAM LT Charles David Stackhouse 25 APR 1967 147799 (VA-76) Shot down by MIG-17 LTJG Robert Earl Wideman 06 MAY 1967 151082 (VA-93) A/C struck by ground fire. CDR Kenneth Robbins Cameron 18 MAY 1967 147816 (VA-76) A/C struck by AAA - Pilot perished in captivity. LT Robert John Naughton 18 MAY 1967 147842 (VA-113) A/C struck by ground fire. Capt. Homer Leroy Smith 20 MAY 1967 149652 (VA-212) A/C struck by AAA Died in captivity LTJG Read Blaine Mecleary 26 MAY 1967 152022 (VA-93) A/C struck by AAA. CDR James P. Mehl 30 MAY 1967 151049 (VA93) A/C struck by SAM LCDR Arvin Roy Chauncey 31 MAY 1967 151113 (VA-212) A/C struck by ground fire. LCDR James Glenn Pirie 22 JUN 1967 151106 (VA-93) A/C struck by AAA. LT John Michael McGrath 30 JUN 1967 147712 (VA-146) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Edward Holmes Martin 09 JUL 1967 149603 (VA-34) A/C struck by SAM CDR Robert Byron Fuller 14 JUL 1967 147709 (VA-76) A/C struck by SAM LT Michael John Allard 09 AUG 1967 151025 (VA-153) Lost control in high speed stall LCDR Hugh Allen Stafford 31 AUG 1967 149975 (VA-163) A/C struck by SAM LTJG David Jay Carey 31 AUG 1967 152028 (VA-163) A/C struck by SAM Maj. Cullen George Starnes 29 SEP 1967 153499 (H&MS-12, MAG-12) Landing accident following mission. LCDR Peter VanRuyter Schoeffel 04 OCT 1967 149619 (VA-15) A/C struck by AAA CDR Verlyne Wayne Daniels 26 OCT 1967 150059 (VA-155) A/C struck by SAM LCDR John Sidney McCain 26 OCT 1967 149959 (VA-163) A/C struck by SAM LT Wilson Denver Key 17 NOV 1967 149546 (VA-34) A/C struck by SAM LCDR Edward Dale Estes 03 JAN 1968 148486 (VA-112) A/C struck by SAM Cdr Robert James Schweitzer 05 JAN 1968 152074 (VA-144) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Dale H. Osborne 23 SEP 1968 155015 (VA-55) A/C struck by AAA LT Thomas B. Latendresse 27 MAY 1972 155048 (VA-55) A/C struck by AAA LCDR Henry D. Lesesne 11 JUL 1972 155046 (VA-55) A/C struck by SAM Capt. James P. Walsh 26 SEP 1972 151099 (VMA-211, MAG-12) A/C struck by ground fire

Skyhawk Aviators Wounded In Action

W I A W I A

LTJG G. R. Townsend 28 JUL 1965 149962(VA-23) Own Mk82 bomb explosion LTJG Jon R. Harris. 29 SEP 1965 151115 (VA-72) Downed by Ground Fire LCDR Billy V. Wheat. 01 NOV 1965 151142 (VA-86) Downed by AAA CDR M.J. Chewning. 03 JUN 1966 (VA-55) * Struck by AA CDR Wynn F. Foster 23 JUL 1966 152100 (VA-163) Downed by AAA LCDR Ed W. Oehlbeck 18 DEC 1966 148608 (VA-172)* Struck by AAA Maj. Ralph E. Brubaker 06 JUL 1967 151032 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by SAM LTJG A. D. Perkins 03 OCT 1967 142114 (VSF-3) Downed by AAA LTJG Dennis Earl 20 OCT 1967 VA-163 * Struck by AAA CDR Shopshire 1968 VA-163 * Struck by AAA * A/C not lost.

Skyhawk Aviators Downed in Combat and Recovered

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LT Donald Vol Hester 06 SEP 1964 150024 (VA-56) Cat shot mishap LT W. T. Majors 11 FEB 1965 149572 (VA-153) Downed by AAA CDR K. L. Shugart 23 MAR 1965 150130 (VA-212) Downed by AAA CDR Jack H. Harris 29 MAR 1965 150072 (VA-155) Downed by AAA LCDR C. H. McNeil 09 APR 1965 148481 (VA-153) Downed by AAA LT Raymond P. Ilg 03 JUN 1965 148577 (VA-22) Downed by AAA LT A. J. Bennet 15 JUL 1965 149576 (VA-153) Downed by AAA LTJG G. R. Townsend 28 JUL 1965 149962 (VA-23) Downed by own bomb explosion LT W. T. Fidelibus 12 AUG 1965 150067 (VA-155) Downed by AAA LT W. E. Newman 13 AUG 1965 148564 (VA-22) Downed by AAA LT J. L. Burton 06 SEP 1965 152042 (VA-164) Downed by AAA LTJG Jon R. Harris. 20 SEP 1965 151115 (VA-72) Downed by Ground Fire, WIA LCDR P. M. Moore 11 OCT 1965 152016 (VA-155) Downed by ground fire LCDR Charles Wack 07 NOV 1965 150071 (VA-163) Downed by AAA LTJG S. B. Jordan 14 JAN 1966 147753 (VA-36) Downed by own bomb explosion LCDR S. G. Chumley 31 JAN 1966 152066 (VA-55) Downed by AAA CDR Jack L. Snyder 09 FEB 1966 149557 (VA-144) Downed by SAM LTJG J. C. Durham 14 FEB 1966 149552 (VA-144) Downed by ground fire LCDR V. Q. Hough 17 APR 1966 151058 (VA-56) Downed by AAA LTJG H. G. Welch 20 APR 1966 149495 (VA-113) Downed by AAA LCDR C. A. Gray 23 APR 1966 152025 (VA-55) Downed by AAA LT J. S. Buzby 30 APR 1966 151145 (VA-55) Downed over Laos LT R. H. Mansfield 01 MAY 1966 151179 (VA-212) Downed by own rocket debris Capt. G. R. Romano 11 MAY 1966 150011 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Downed by automatic weapons fire LCDR O. F. Baldwin 21 MAY 1966 148473 (VA-216) Downed over North Vietnam ENS K. W. Leuffen 23 MAY 1966 147762 (VA-36) Downed by AAA LT F. H. Magee 25 JUN 1966 149567 (VA-146) Downed by AAA LT N. E. Holben 04 JUL 1966 151026 (VA-155) Downed by AAA LCDR C. F. Baldwin 04 JUL 1966 149616 (VA-216) Downed over North Vietnam LCDR William J. Isenhour 07 JUL 1966 148456 (VA-216) Downed by AAA Maj. H. N. Levin 21 JUL 1966 150101 (VMA-224, MAG-12) Downed by AAA LT E.L. Foss 24 JUL 1966 150040 (VA-55) Downed by AAA LT Allan Russell Carpenter 21 AUG 1966 151109 (VA-72) Downed by AAA LT K. G. Craig 22 AUG 1966 149992 (VA-72) Downed by ingested rocket debris LTJG R. A. Hegstrom 17 SEP 1966 148488 (VA-22) Downed by AAA LTJG Donald O. Taylor 13 DEC 1966 147776 (VA-195) Downed by ground fire LCDR Charles Edward Barnett 13 DEC 1966 147819 (VA-195) Downed by SAM CDR Allen E. Hill 23 NOV 1966 151172 (VA-192) Downed by AAA LTJG J. M. Hays 04 JAN 1967 150584 (VA-22) Downed by AAA Capt. M. F. Adams 04 JAN 1967 150036 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Capt. C. R. Fye 14 JAN 1967 150106 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Capt. R. B. Boorer 21 FEB 1967 151042 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire LT S. N. Young 07 MAR 1967 152087 (VA-192) Downed by small arms fire Capt. Stanley P. Krueger 15 MAR 1967 151188 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire CDR Charles E. Hathaway 07 APR 1967 149639 (VA-195) Downed by ground fire LCDR G. W. Shattuck 10 APR 1967 151200 (VA-192 Downed by AAA LTJG A. R. Crebo 25 APR 1967 151102 (VA-212) Downed by SAM LCDR F. J. Almberg 25 APR 1967 151116 (VA-192) Downed by SAM LTJG J. W. Cain 26 APR 1967 152076 (VA-192) Downed by AAA Capt. George A. Kinser 13 MAY 1967 152060 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire LTJG M. Alsop 24 MAY 1967 151076 (VA-93) Downed by AAA LTJG M. T. Daniels 31 MAY 1967 151183 (VA-212) Downed by AAA Maj. Ralph E. Brubaker 06 JUL 1967 151032 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by SAM LCDR J. H. Kirkpatrick 12 JUL 1967 151181 (VA-212 Downed by AAA LT J. N. Donis 14 JUL 1967 147759 (VA-76) Downed by AAA LTJG L. J. Cunningham 14 JUL 1967 152049 (VA-164) Downed by AAA LTJG Larrie J. Duthie 18 JUL 1967 151175 (VA-164) Downed by AAA LTJG Barry T. Wood 18 JUL 1967 152034 (VA-164) Downed by AAA CDR Fredrick H. Whittmore 20 JUL 1967 151119 (VA-212) Downed by AAA LT D. W. Thornhill 01 AUG 1967 147670 (VA-15) Downed by AAA Capt. C. H. Wood 14 AUG 1967 150122 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire LTJG R. W. Gerard 25 AUG 1967 148440 (VA-15) Downed by AAA LCDR S. H. Hawkins 18 SEP 1967 149590 (VA-34) Downed by SAM Maj. Gerald L. Ellis 27 SEP 1967 152056 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by AAA LTJG A. D. Perkins 03 OCT 1967 142114 (VSF-3) Downed by AAA LTJG L. J. Cunningham 09 OCT 1967 152085 (VA-164) Downed by AAA LTJG Ralph Eugene "Skip" Foulks 24 OCT 1967 149963 (VA-163) Downed by AAA LTJG M. A. Krebs 07 NOV 1967 148566 (VA-34) Downed by AAA LT George Frank Schindelar 01 JAN, 1968 151133 (VA-164) Electrical failure LCDR D. R. Weichman 11 JAN 1968 151152 (VA-164) Downed by AAA Capt. Bobby G. Downing 21 JAN 1968 151140 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Maj. William E. Loftus 23 JAN 1968 150053 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire CDR T. E. Woolcock 25 JAN 1968 150057 (VA-153) Downed by SAM Capt. James Dale Mills 29 JAN 1968 149976 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire Maj. V. P. Hart 25 FEB 1968 150104 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by AAA LT R. E. Curtis 13 MAR 1968 152088 (VA-144) Downed by ground fire Maj. John A. Herber 21 MAR 1968 151077 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed on night mission Col. L.T. Frey Maj. D.F. Newon 11 APR 1968 153511 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Downed by small arms fire Capt. K. E. Cook 19 APR 1968 150063 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire 1st Lt. T. M. Aiton 05 MAY 1968 151105 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Downed by .50 caliber ground fire Capt. Manuel A. Guzeman 06 MAY 1968 145096 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Mid-air collision with BuNo 151198 LT D. A. Lawrence 07 MAY 1968 152005 (VA-56) Downed by ground fire Maj. L. D. Tyrell 09 MAY 1968 152092 (VMA-121, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Maj. R. W. Wardlaw 17 MAY 1968 149970 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire LTJG J. A. Douglass 21 MAY 1968 154988 (VA-93) Downed by AAA LCDR R. S. Thomas 22 MAY 1968 154974 (VA-212) Downed by AAA Capt. Steven J. Driscoll 24 MAY 1968 148549 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Downed by .50 caliber ground fire LT J. E. Killian 30 MAY 1968 154174 (VA-212) Downed by SAM LT J. M. Wright 15 JUN 1968 149665 (VA-56) Downed by small arms fire LT E. E. Christensen 23 JUN 1968 154216 (VA-113) Engine flame out following combat mission Capt. Charles B. Coltrin 25 JUN 1968 147804 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Downed by .50 caliber ground fire LCDR H. A. Eikel 30 AUG 1968 154981 (VA-93) Downed by AAA Maj. Donald S. Carr 02 SEP 1968 150100 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire LT D. J. Wright 24 SEP 1968 155011 (VA-55) Downed by AAA 1st Lt. David I. Habermacher 01 OCT 1968 147767 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Blew tire on takeoff Capt. J.A. Apaith 1st Lt. U.S. Grant 01 OCT 1968 153523 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Downed by small arms fire 1st Lt. Bob Coop 01 OCT 1968 151159 (VMA-121) Combat misson takeoff crash Capt. David A. Wellman 21 OCT 1968 151122 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Landing mishap Both pilots recovered 13 DEC 1968 153501 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Loss during attack mission LTJG R. M. Aaron 03 JAN 1969 147764 (VA-216) Downed over Laos Capt. Michael P. Green 24 JAN 1969 151097 (VMA-223, MAG-12) Downed by small arms fire LCDR J. F. Meehan 14 FEB 1969 148547 (VA-216) Downed over Laos Maj. A. D. Miller 20 MAR 1969 151045 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Maj. Robert S. Meicznikowski Capt. James C. Buffington 09 APR 1969 154299 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Downed by AAA LTJG Bill Franson 21 JUL 1969 154199 (VA-192) Mid-Air LT Ken Sanger 21 JUL 1969 155003 (VA-192) Mid-Air 1st Lt. Peter W. Otis 23 MAY 1969 150119 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire Capt. P. H. Courtney 01 AUG 1969 150074 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by SAM Maj. Richard E. Lewis 1st Lt. Paul E. Phillips 27 DEC 1969 154621 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Downed by ground fire 1st Lt. J. E. Barksdale 26 FEB 1970 151135 (VMA-311, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire LTJG P. A. Schranz 14 MAR 1970 155010 (VA-55) Downed by AAA LCDR R. W. Hunter 15 MAR 1970 155044 (VA-212) Downed by AAA Capt. R.T. Rasmussen 1st Lt. W.W. Mills 11 JUL 1970 154646 (H&MS-11, MAG-11) Downed by .50 caliber ground fire CDR George J. Fenzl 08 MAR 1972 154205 (VA-55) Downed by AAA Capt. W. E. Ramsbottom 26 MAY 1972 153508 (H&MS-15, MAG-15) Downed by SAM CWO2 Bruce Edward Boltze 26 MAY 1972 153508 (H&MS-15, MAG-15) Downed by SAM 1st Lt. D. R. Eisenbrey 02 SEP 1972 152000 (VMA-211, MAG-12) Downed by ground fire LT W. F. Pear 06 SEP 1972 155021 (VA-212) Downed by AAA

Skyhawk Aviators Recovered After OPS Loss of Aircraft

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VA-56 Pilot 13 AUG 1964 150018 (VA-56) Cat shot engine failure VA-55 Pilot 19 AGU 1964 150033 (VA-56) Cat shot error VA-146 Pilot 13 NOV 1964 149570 (VA-146) Mid-Air Collision VA-55 Pilot 23 NOV 1964 151037 (VA-56) Engine Failure VMA-223 Det."T" Pilot 07 DEC 1964 A-4C (VMA-223) Pre-launch missle ignition fire LCDR William M. Shewchuk 02 AUG 1967 149632 (VA-55) Engine Failure after launch CVA-64 H&MS-11 Pilot 08 SEP 1970 A-4C (H&MS-11)