![]() United States Air Force Aircrew 18 June 1972 |
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"On
October 27, 1994, the Air Force announced that they had identified the
remains of thirteen servicemen killed during the Vietnam War, including
twelve who were on an AC-130A shot down over the A-Shau Valley on June
18, 1972. According to a news report from Travis Air Force Base, California,
three of the twelve members of the crew (Major Gerald F. Ayers, Captain
Mark Danielson and Senior
Master Sergeant Jacob Mercer) had ben individually identified and the
nine other crew members (Tech
Sergeant Richard Cole,Captain
Paul Gilbert, Major
Robert Harrison, Sergeant
Leon Hunt, Sergeant
Donald Klinke, Sergeant
Stanley Lehrke, Sergeant
Larry Newman, Sergeant
Richard Nyhof and Captain
Robert Wilson) had been 'identified' as a group.
"On November 17, 1994, a group burial of the
co-mingled remains of the AC-130 crew was held at Arlington National Cemetery.
AYRES, GERALD F Major, United States Air Force DATE OF BIRTH: 02/23/1939 DATE OF DEATH: 06/18/1972 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4591 COLE, RICHARD M
DANIELSON, MARK G
GILBERT, PAUL F
HARRISON, ROBERT H
HUNT, LEON A
KLINKE, DONALD H
LEHRKE, STANLEY L
MERCER, JACOB E
NEWMAN, LARRY J
NYHOF, RICHARD E
WILSON, ROBERT A
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