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| Southeast Asia Casualty Report |
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| THE FOLLOWING CASUALTY REPORTS LIST THE LOCATION ON THE WALL Thomas Edward Midcalf PFC USMC Jackson, Tenn. DOB-10/13/48 Male African American Protestant Single KIA Southeast Asia QuangTriProvince 05/15/1967 Age 18 Rank PFC 2306590 Grunt 0311 Hostile Killed Ground Casualty Explosive Device Body Recovered PANEL=20E LINE=002 I tried so very hard to get to you and Duane, but the enemy surrounded me. In hand to hand combat...until I was overwhelmed by too many of them! Why I am alive and you are dead I do not know? Few people will know the kind person that you were. I always worried for you. I never believed you were meant to be a soldier. You will always be remembered as long as I am alive! Your friend, your comrade, your brother! Tom Flynn James Robert Morris PFC USMC Phillipsburg, N.J. D.O.B.-11/07/45 Male Caucasian Protestant Married KIA South Vietnam Quang Nam Province 01/31/1968 Age22 Rank PFC 2375180 Grunt 0311 Hostile Killed Ground Casualty Gunshot Small Arms Body recovered PANEL=36E LINE=026 You lived half a city block away. We met in the fourth grade. Always getting into trouble together. You were a tough kid. You always charged into a situation. Knowing you would always win! When I was wounded and in the hospital in DaNang. You sent me a letter from your boot camp at Parris Island. You told me you were on your way to Nam. You warned me to watch where I was stepping! And so I did. Jimmy, how could I ever forget you, your friend I am ! Tom Flynn Lawrence, Bruce E. Copyright 1995/P.O.W. Network//Registered to John Ott Name: Bruce E. Lawrence Rank/Branch: USAF 02 Unit: Date of Birth: 12 January 43 Home City of Record: Phillipsburg, NJ Date of Loss: 05 July 68 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 171300N 1062800E status [in 1973]: Missing in Action category: 2 Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C Other Personnel In Incident: Edward E. Silver Source: Compiled by the P.O.W. NETWORK 02 February 93 from the following published sources-POW/MIA's--Report of the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs United States Senate--january 13, 1993. "The senate Select Committee staff has prepared case summaries for the priority cases that the Administration is now investigating. These provide the facts about each case, describe the circumstances under which the individual was lost, and detail hte information learned since the date of loss. Information in the case summaries is limited to information from casualty files, does not include any judgements by Committee staff, and attempts to relate essential facts. The committee acknowledges that POW/MIAs'primary next-of-kin know their family members' cases in more comprehensive detail than summarized here and recognizes the limitations that the report format imposes on these summaries." ON July 5, 1968, Major Silver and First Lieutenant Lawrence were the crew of an F-4C on a night armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. Their aircraft was hit by hostile anti-aircraft fire. Their wingman observed their aircraft turn into a large fireball with streaks of fire trailing out of the bottom, followed by a second smaller explosion. There were no parachutes observed and no beepers heard. Intense hostile fire prevented a daylight search of the area. Both airmen were declared missing in action. During Operation Homecoming, a returning POW reported seeing a propaganda film which included the showing of a body in a flight suit. The returnee was "almost positive" the name strip on the suit was "Silver." No returning U.S. POW was able to report either of the missing crewmen in captivity. Both were later declared killed in action, body not recovered, based on a presumptive finding of death. PANEL=53W LINE=021 Growing up you were several years older than I was. What I remember most was a group game of basketball at the LO Beers playground. We laughed and had fun. It was rediculous for me to be in that game with the older boys. Yet you took me on your team! While I never new you closely. I remember most, that you had a way of commanding respect from your friends and those around you. Something we grufty kids didn't give out so easily! You were always very friendly and kind to people. This is what I remember most. Thank you for being my friend! Where ever you are, God is! Tom Flynn COMPLETE LIST OF PHILLIPSBURG,NJ CASUALITIES Name DOB DOD BACON, ROBERT FRANKLIN 07/03/45 07/17/69 KLINE, DENNIS 02/09/45 03/21/67 KONYA, WILLIAM MICHAEL 03/18/47 04/16/69 MARASON, JOHN EDGAR 01/29/49 12/02/68 SMITH, TERRENCE EDWARD 06/19/47 03/24/68 SUYDAM, JAMES LAWRENCE 10/04/48 10/10/70 LAWRENCE, BRUCE EDWARD 01/12/43 05/09/78 MARCANTONI, ROBERT JOHN 01/18/48 04/10/68 MORRIS, JAMES ROBERT 11/07/45 01/31/68 OUTWATER, ALBERT ALEYA JR 03/25/46 07/21/67 ROWE, ARTHUR MORTIMER 03/21/48 06/01/68 In a town so small as Phillipsburg, we gave so much! You will never be forgotten as long as I am alive! Tom [Skin] Flynn Tiger Papa 3 III MAF/ CAC Vietnam |
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