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Cpl Elizabeth Davis
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Marine LtCol James Maurice McGarvey.
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A-6A 152609 27 KM SE OF VINH, NVN, POSSIBLE WATER IMPACT, UTM grid reference is WF923471, A-6A 152609
On April 17, 1967, Major James M. McGarvey, pilot, and Capt. James E. Carlton, Jr., systems operator, were assigned a mission against a well defended target located approximately twenty miles southeast of Vinh, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam. At 11:12 p.m., during McGarvey's attack run, the aircraft trailing McGarvey's by approximately eight miles reported seeing a brilliant orange flash mushrooming from the area of the lead aircraft, after which no radio contact could be established with the aircraft. Search and rescue operations were initiated and lasted until April 26, 1967, with negative results. Both McGarvey and Carlton were declared Missing in Action.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii. with another in Graceland Township Cemetery, Kouts, Porter County, Indiana
