AP, SP, SF killed in action or line of Duty
Disclaimer: Records of fatalities are not kept by the career field. The names in this list have been gathered from several sources and the probability is high that we do not have every name that belongs here. For that we do apologize and solicit your input. If you know of an AP, SP, SF who has been killed in the line of duty and is not listed here, please notify us.
Name | Date | Place |
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Adams, Edward Jimmie | 11 Feb 70 | Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Adams, Royce H. | 14 Apr 69 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Alden, Nicholas J. | 02 Mar 11 | Frankfurt, Germany |
Anderson, Herman B. | 08 Oct 71 | U-Tapao RTAB, Thailand |
Anthony, Paul W. | 08 Apr 70 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Bestmann, Charles E. | 28 Nov 68 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Bevich, George M. | 14 Dec 66 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Berket, Scott L. | 30 Sep 72 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Black, Jimmie P. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Blake, Benard N. |
09 Oct 71 |
South Dakota |
Blakeney, Melvin J. | 07 Jul 73 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Bohling, Richard | 11 Jun 82 | Whiteman AFB, Missouri |
Bolster, Dan Arthur | 07 Jan 72 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Bonacasa, Louis M. | 21 Dec 15 | Bagram AB, Afghanistan |
Botzem, Willy Kuepper | 20 Sep 71 | Ubon, RTAB, Thai |
Boyd, James | 28 Feb 68 | Bien Hoa AB, RVN |
Bridges, Robert Earl | 17 Jun 67 | Bien Hoa AB, RVN |
Brock, Johnny R. | 09 Oct 71 | South Dakota |
Bryant, Charles E. | 11 Apr 68 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Burch III, Leslie A. | 22 Jan 85 | Honduras |
Butler, Robert | 10 Jan 98 | Edwards AFB CA |
Campbell Jr., Charles V. | 14 Oct 98 | Al-Jabar AB, Kuwait |
Campbell, Thomas L. | 26 Mar 78 | Maxwell AFB, Alabama |
Carr, Rodney G | 10 Mar 73 | (Unknown) |
Chavis, Leebernard E. | 01 Oct 06 | Near Baghdad, Iraq |
Cloe, David A. | 09 Oct 71 | South Dakota |
Closson, James Stanley | 12 Jun 69 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Cole, John Matthew | 04 Dec 66 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Collums, Bobby G. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Cook, Danny R. | 13 Dec 68 | Kontum AB, RVN |
Cordon, Hubert C. | 30 Jun 73 | Korat AB, Thailand |
Coyle, Gerald A. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Cyr, William J. | 31 Jan 68 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Davis Jr., Aaron | 12 Feb 71 | Phu Cat AB, Thai |
Davis, John B. | 14 Jun 73 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Day, James R. | 09 May 99 | Tinker AFB, Oklahoma |
Deuster Jr., William J. | 27 Apr 67 | Udorn RTAB, Thailand |
DeWolf, Dale Lee | 06 Feb 73 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Dover, Robert R. | 18 Mar 79 | Kelly AFB, Texas |
Dwyer, Thomas D. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Elms, Sean | 12 Aug 91 | Fort Dix, New Jersey |
England, James C. | 01 Mar 70 | U-Tapao RTAB, Thailand |
Evans, John H. | 07 Aug 70 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Faircloth, Larry R. | 04 May 68 | (Unknown) |
Faust, Stephen M. | 28 Oct 87 | Clark AB, Philippines |
Fedorka, Charles J. | 04 Jun 51 | Taegu AB, South Korea |
Fields, Robert Louis | 27 Jan 66 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Fischer, Louis H. | 01 Jan 68 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Ford, Bernard Francis | 05 July 67 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Ford, Bobby W. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Foster, Tony C. | 05 Dec 69 | Phu Cat AB, RVN |
Francis, Frederick K. | 22 Jan 85 | Honduras |
Francis, James Edward | 11 Mar 68 | Kontum AB, RVN |
Frasier, Erin S. | 13 Mar 06 | California |
Fritz, Gerald W. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Fuller, Gary Leroy | 27 Feb 67 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Gabriel, Charles David | 06 Jan 67 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Galloway, Melvin R. | 06 Mar 70 | Kontum AB, RVN |
Gay, Gary P. | 27 Jan 68 | Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Glenn, Jackie D. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Gray, George Christian | 29 Mar 69 | Qui Nhon AB, RVN |
Gray, Robert S. | 06 Jan 78 | Clark AB, Philippines |
Grenier, Joseph Kent | 04 Sep 70 |
(Unknown) |
Griffin, Travis L. | 03 Apr 08 | Baghdad, Iraq |
Grillo, Lawrence Hugh | 28 May 69 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Hamlin, Darrell L. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Hankamer, Gregory L. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Harden Jr., Roosevelt | 11 July 67 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Hebron, Charles Edward | 31 Jan 68 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Helton, Joseph D. | 08 Sep 09 | Baghdad, Iraq |
Heitcamp, Donald H. | 29 May 86 | South Dakota |
Herrington, William C. | 15 Nov 80 | Incirlik, Turkey |
Hicks, James Russell | 06 Mar 71 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Higgs, David A. | 06 Mar 71 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Holbrook, Horace Alvie | 12 May 67 | Bien Hoa AB, RVN |
Holley, Glynn Byron | 26 Dec 69 | Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Holmes, Barry P. |
29 May 86 | South Dakota |
Hughes, Larry D. | 09 Oct 71 | South Dakota |
Hursey, Roy L. | 27 Feb 63 | Eielson AFB, Alaska |
Huskey, Charles L. | 29 May 86 | South Dakota |
Ilaoa, Falcagafulu | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Jacobson, Elizabeth | 28 Sep 05 | Safwan, Iraq |
Jensen, Terrence Kay | 01 Jul 65 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Jones, David E. | 11 Jun 82 | Whiteman AFB, Missouri |
Jones, James Bruce | 25 Jan 66 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Kelly, Michael F. | 22 Jan 85 | Honduras |
Kelsey, J.C. | 02 Dec 66 | Nha Thrang AB, RVN |
Kemp, Jimmy | 06 Jun 67 | Phu Cat AB, RVN |
Krizanowsi, Walter T. | 25 Aug 70 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Lane, Michael D. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Lehman, Millard W. | 08 Jul 66 | Binh Thuy AB, RVN |
Lemm, Joseph G. | 21 Dec 15 | Bagram AB, Afghanistan |
Levay, Stacey E. | 01 Jan 91 | Andersen AB, Guam |
Lobraico Jr., Todd J. | 05 Sep 13 | Bagram AB, Afghanistan |
Loftis, Joel Conrad | 07 Jun 69 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
London, Dennis W. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Lord Jr., Ira F. | 06 Nov 50 | 5th AF HQ, Pyong Yang, North Korea |
Lucas, Lorainne A.* | Aug 91 | Andersen AB, Guam |
MacArthur, Dale Alan | 08 Dec 69 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Maisey, Reginald V. | 31 Jan 68 | Bien Hoa AB, RVN |
Malone, Bobby J. | 03 Feb 68 | Ubon RTAB, Thailand |
Matelski, Leonard James | 02 Apr 72 | Na Thrang, RVN |
Mathias, Robert P. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
McDonald, Ronald Irvin | 14 Apr 70 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
McElroy, Brian | 22 Jan 06 | Taji, Iraq |
McFadden, Samuel L. | 10 Mar 71 | U-Tapao RTAB, Thailand |
McKelvey, William R. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
McKnight, Clarence | 12 Jun 73 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
McKnight, Omar J. | 17 Jan 09 | Balad, Iraq |
McNeill, Michael S. | 05 Dec 72 | (unknown) |
Meredith, Thomas P. | 11 Jun 82 | Whiteman AFB, Missouri |
Midkiff, Gary Bruce | 04 Feb 68 | Binh Thuy AB, RVN |
Milligan, Randall Gayle | 15 May 68 | Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Mills, Roger Bertha | 31 Jan 68 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Moon, Jerry Rudolph | 07 Sep 67 | Tuy Hoa AB, RVN |
Moran II, Edgar C. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Morgan, Charles R. | 12 Aug 68 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Morin, Joseph R. | 01 Nov 50 | Taegu AB, South Korea |
Morris, George E. | 03 Apr 56 | Kirtland AFB, New Mexico |
Muse, Edward Grady | 31 Jan 68 | Bien Hoa AB, RVN |
Nathan, Jason D. | 23 Jun 07 | Iraq |
Nealis, Tommy R. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Neel, Robert Ray | 02 May 70 | Nha Thrang AB, RVN |
Nix, John David | 25 Apr 71 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Norton, Jason L. | 22 Jan 06 | Taji, Iraq |
Orsua, Charles David | 15 Jul 69 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Pace, Marion L. | 11 Jun 82 | Whiteman AFB, Missouri |
Pacio, George H. | 21 Dec 70 | Tan Son Nhut, AB, RVN |
Packer, Joseph Everette | 16 Jun 66 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Palmer, Robert A. | 02 May 70 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Park, Irving Geon | 16 Mar 70 | Phu Cat AB, RVN |
Pascoe, Robert Edward | 18 Jul 67 | Pleiku AB, RVN |
Perez, Carlos Augusta | 19 Nov 71 | Pleiku AB, RVN |
Peterson, Alan J. | Jul 79 | Yokota AB, Japan |
Phan, Jason Khai | 12 Sep 20 | Ali Al Salem Air Base |
Porovich, Steve | 21 Apr 72 | Tan Son Nut AB, RVN |
Piner, John R. | 21 Apr 72 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Powell, David A. | 28 Feb 53 | Suwon AB, South Korea |
Riddle, Oliver John | 04 Dec 66 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Riggs, Timothy R. | 11 Dec 91 | Whiteman AFB, Missouri |
Roberts, Isiah | 17 Apr 69 | California |
Robertson, Robert Merlin | 27 Jan 70 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Rollinson, William R. | 22 Jan 85 | Honduras |
Ross, Robert W. | 13 May 75 | Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand |
Ruiz, Kcey E. | 02 Oct 15 | Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan |
Santiago, Luis | 25 Jun 73 | Seymour Johnson AFB, NC |
Sartain, Nathan C. | 02 Oct 15 | Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan |
Sauer, Paul C. | 25 Aug 70 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Schlin, David J. | 1976 | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona |
Schroeder Jr., David R. | 14 Oct 98 | Al-Jabar AB, Kuwait |
Self, John Thomas | 14 May 07 | Near Baghdad Iraq |
Simons III, Chas W. | 17 Nov 99 | Nevada |
Sisley, Russell Jay | 16 Jun 66 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Slaughter Jr., Freddie L. | 30 Jul 72 | Saigon, RVN |
Solomon, Sidney Morton | 16 May 70 | Binh Thuy AB, RVN |
Steen, Leonard Larry | 08 Oct 67 | Ubon RTAB, Thailand |
Stepp, Charles Harold | 05 Sep 72 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Steward, Eric V.V.D. | 09 Dec 70 | U-Tapao RTAB, Thailand |
Supnet, Richard Arellano | 23 Sep 71 | Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Thomas, Val | Aug 87 | Exercise Violent Scorpion |
Treen, Harlin Perry | 12 Aug 68 | Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Ware Jr., Carl J. | 1 Jul 2006 | Camp Bucca, Iraq |
Watts, Michael J. | 14 Sep 06 | Montana |
Webb, Robert | 18 Nov 68 | Udorn RTAB, Thailand |
Whitfield, Jesse J. | 08 Oct 70 | Udorn RTAB, Thailand |
Wilson, Glen G. | 09 Oct 71 | South Dakota |
Willis, Thomas Murtin | 05 Jun 67 | Phan Rang AB, RVN |
Williams, David | 04 Mar 51 | Offutt AFB, Nebraska |
Wissig, Edward Simon | 12 Feb 71 | Phu Cat AB, RVN |
Wood Jr., Bertram | 25 Sep 70 | Pleiku AB, RVN |
Woodward, Richard Randolph | 08 Feb 66 | Da Nang AB, RVN |
Wright, Terry L. | 09 Oct 71 | South Dakota |
Note: RVN = Republic of Vietnam
• Lucas was the first female SP to be killed in the line of duty. Her death occurred as a result of a training exercise.
Our roll of honor would be incomplete without a memorial to our brothers in arms who have gone on before, The following epitaph is found on a soldier's grave in the Little Big Horn, Wyoming. It is fitting for all who served honorably
I ask one thing - that in still, far-off days,
Someone who knew me should in their daily rounds,
Suddenly pause, caught by some sight or sound,
Some glance, some phrase, some trick of memory's ways
which brings me to mind, then I shall wait,
eager with hope, perhaps to hear -
“how great if he were with us still!”
And then at the end, all that I wish for is just -
“he was my friend!”
From “A Soldier's Epitaph” by David McNicholl