Monroe, Vincent Duncan
Navy Commander

Vincent Duncan Monroe from Oaklyn, New Jersey.

Date of death: May 18, 1968
Death details: On September 11, 1978, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI) identified the remains of Captain Vincent Duncan Monroe, missing from the Vietnam War.

Captain Monroe entered the U.S. Navy from New Jersey and was a member of Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 11, Carrier Air Wing 11. On May 18, 1968, he was the radar intercept officer aboard an RA-5C Vigilante (bureau number 149283, call sign “Glen Rock 606”) that launched from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) on a reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. While over Vinh Son, the aircraft was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire, burst into flames and crashed. CAPT Monroe was killed in the incident and search teams were unable to locate his remains at the time of his loss. In 1978, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains correlating to this loss, and analysts were able to identify CAPT Monroe from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency