The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Air Force Sgt. David S. Price, who was killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for June 21, 2024. (ACCORDING TO DPAA)
In 1968, Price and 18 other men were assigned to Lima Site 85, a tactical air navigation radar site on a remote, 5,600-foot mountain peak known as Phou Pha Thi in Houaphan Province, Laos. In the early morning of March 11, the site was overrun by Vietnamese commandos, causing the Americans to seek safety on a narrow ledge of the steep mountain. A few hours later, under the protective cover of A-1 Skyraider aircraft, U.S. helicopters were able to rescue eight of the men. Sgt. Price and 10 other Americans were killed in action and unable to be recovered. |
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently announced that U.S. Air Force Maj. John C.G. Kerr, 35, reported missing during the Vietnam War, was accounted for April 24, 2024 (ACCORDING TO DPAA)
On Aug. 22, 1967, Kerr was piloting an A-26A Invader attack aircraft on a solo nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the Plain of Jars, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. After Kerr failed to check in via radio and didn’t return from the mission, U.S. forces undertook an extensive electronic and visual search of the estimated area, in which extensive enemy defenses were present, but could not find Kerr or the aircraft. Likely related to this incident, a New China News Agency broadcast reported the Aug. 22 shootdown of an American aircraft near Ban Ban and the deaths of its crewmembers. Kerr was declared Killed in Action on June 4, 1971. |
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Ann Mills-Griffiths, leader of the National League of POW/MIA Families, discusses her many years of advocacy to account for U.S. personnel missing from the Vietnam War, reflects on the challenges ahead, and outlines her continuing optimism to achieve the fullest possible accounting. The League thanks long-time fellow-advocate, The American Legion, for sharing our accounting goals and hosting this Tango Alpha Lima Podcast!
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