Allen county

Taylor, Edmund Battelle Jr.
Navy Captain

Edmund Battelle Taylor Jr. from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, May 8, 1972
Death details: On May 8, 1972, an SH-3G Sea King (bureau number 149699, call sign “Mustang Angel 5”) with eight personnel aboard crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin off the fantail of the cruiser USS Providence (CLG 6) while attempting a night landing. An immediate search and rescue effort was launched, and five men aboard the helicopter were safely recovered. The body of one of the passengers, the commander of Cruiser/Destroyer Flotilla 11, was recovered, but the bodies of two other passengers could not be located.

Captain Edmund Battelle Taylor Jr., who joined the U.S. Navy from Ohio, served aboard the Providence as the chief of staff of the Rear Admiral commanding Cruiser/Destroyer Flotilla 11. He was aboard the helicopter when it crashed and his remains could not be recovered. Today, Captain Taylor is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of non-recoverable.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Shingledecker, Armond D.
Air Force Captain

Armond D. Shingledecker from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: May 31, 1966
Death details: On April 3, 1998, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Armon D. Shingledecker, missing from the Vietnam War.

Captain Shingledecker, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, Capt Shingledecker was the navigator aboard a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0511) that departed Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a classified bombing mission using special weapons against the Thanh Hoa Bridge in North Vietnam. During the bombing run, the Hercules was shot down and Capt Shingledecker was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1986, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were later identified as those of Capt Shingledecker.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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