US Air Force

Iowa’s

Vietnam War

Biographies on Prisoners of War and Missing in Action 

US AIR FORCE

Loss Date Last Name First Name Country Town Remarks
02/04/67 BOMAR JACK W NVN FORT MADISON 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV
02/22/69 PAXTON DONALD E LAOS CEDAR RAPIDS REMAINS RETURNED 11/06/96;REMAINS IDENTIFIED 08/15/00
03/09/69 REX ROBERT F LAOS ODEBOLT
04/16/70 AYERS RICHARD L LAOS WATERLOO
04/22/66 BOYD CHARLES G NVN ROCKWELL CITY 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV
04/22/70 LINT DONALD M LAOS DES MOINES REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL
04/30/67 JOHNSON HAROLD E NVN BLAKESBURG 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV
05/05/67 HUGHES JAMES L NVN WATERLOO 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV
05/22/67 HOLMES LESTER EVAN NVN PLAINFIELD
05/26/66 GRIFFEY TERRANCE H SVN FORT DODGE
06/03/66 MARTIN RUSSELL D LAOS BLOOMFIELD WRECKAGE SITED NO TRACE OF CREW
07/06/71 THOMAS DANIEL W LAOS DANBURY
07/20/66 LEWIS MERRILL R NVN INDIANOLA POSS EJECT NO PARA BEEP REMAINS RETURNED 08/29/89
08/09/69 GOURLEY LAURENT L LAOS VILLISCA Remains returned – 12/11/2001 Remains identified- 08/09/2002
08/15/68 SHANAHAN JOSEPH F NVN CLINTON 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV
09/10/66 PETERSON DOUGLAS B NVN MINEOLA 03/01/73 RELEASED BY DRV
09/21/72 COOK DWIGHT W LAOS CENTER POINT REMAINS RETURNED 06/94 IDENTIFIED06/95
09/30/65 KILLIAN MELVIN JOSEPH NVN COUNCIL BLUFFS PROB DEAD REMAINS RECOVERED03/20/85
10/17/67 SULLIVAN DWIGHT E NVN CORYDON
10/18/66 ADAMS STEVEN H NVN/OW SPENCER RADIO CONTACT LOST
10/26/66 MORRISON GLENN RAYMOND JR SVN MASON CITY CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/TAY NINHREFNO 0506 VEH # 3167
10/26/69 WARREN GARY D LAOS DES MOINES
10/27/69 HERRICK JAMES W LAOS PANORA
11/02/69 WHITFORD LAWRENCE W. JR LAOS CEDAR FALLS
11/10/67 COOK KELLY F NVN SIOUX CITY NO CONTACT
11/11/66 MONLUX HAROLD D NVN SIOUX CITY 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV
11/16/66 PITTMANN ALAN D LAOS SHELBY 24“MULTIPLE SPELLINGS — ON WALL AS “PIITTMANN” ALSO
USG LISTS AS ALLAN PITTMAN REFNO 05
11/23/68 CUTHBERT BRADLEY G NVN FORT MADISON REM RETURNED ID 12/20/91
12/11/65 HORSKY ROBERT MILVOY SVN CEDAR RAPIDS AC MISSING 740600 REMAINS RECOVERED MASS GRAVE
12/21/72 HEGGEN KEITH R NVN RENWICK 03/13/74 REMAINS RETURNED
12/22/72 WILSON WILLIAM W NVN CONRAD 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV
12/24/65 EILERS DENNIS L LAOS CEDAR RAPIDS MAYDAY HEARD SEARCH NEG
12/25/68 KING CHARLES D LAOS MUSCATINE
03/09/66 PETERSON DELBERT RAY SVN Manson /Maple Plain MN REMARKS: KIA AT CRASH S SED 3 RECOV-J
12/26/72 VAVROCH DUANE P NVN TAMA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV