Name: |
James Arthur McEwen
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Branch / Rank: |
US Air Force / First Lieutenant
(O2) |
Unit: |
9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
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Date of Birth: |
January 18, 1941
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Home of Record: |
Washington, PA
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Date of Loss: |
October 22, 1965
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Country of Loss: |
South Vietnam
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Loss Coordinates: |
141458 North 1073759 East
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Status (in 1973): |
Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
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Category: |
2
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Duty: |
RB66 Destroyer (Tail No. 0452)
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Other personnel in incident: |
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Remarks: |
SKY FIREBALL NO RADIO CONTACT
CACCF/CRASH/AIRCREW/3 YRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/PLEIKU |
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Source:
Compiled by
Homecoming II Project 01 September 1990 from one or more of the following:
raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. |
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Length of service 3 years.
His tour of duty began on Oct 22, 1965
Casualty was on Oct 22, 1965
in PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing
FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
**Note:
5/31/02 -- a search of the POW/MIA Database (See below) revealed that the
crash site was in the Kon Tum Province...which appears to correlate with the
loss coordinates map located in the sidebar to the left. Additionally,
combat casualty message traffic originated with both the 6250th Combat Support
Group and the 2nd Air Division...no other information on either elements was
locatable.
No further information available at this time. If you have any additional
information, please send me an email to mikeblades01@earthlink.com
Incidental Information
Click
Here to view a queried report of messages and
files concerning James from the POW/MIA
Database at the Library of Congress's Federal
Research Division. (Links
will open in New Browser Window).
You can run queries on various name spellings to view the messages.
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Honored
on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 02E - - Line 131
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