Timothy Michael Tucker, age 25, from Bent County La Animas, Colorado .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, December 24, 1971
Death details: Tucker was the pilot, 1lt. William R. Finn the co-pilot, of an ov10 Bronco that was lost about 12 miles south of the city of Attopeu. Body not recovered
Source: National Archives
Jacob Lee Kinser, age 27, from Colorado, Bent county.
Spouse: Janice G. Kinser
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, March 8, 1970
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
George Francis Pawlish, age 26, from Fort Lyon, Colorado, Bent county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 8, 1967
Death details: On March 8, 1967, an A-3B Skywarrior (bureau number 144627, call sign “Hollygreen 5”) with three crew members took off from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) on a mine-laying mission over North Vietnam. En route to the target area, a support aircraft radioed “Hollygreen 5” and requested that it delay its arrival to the target area by ten minutes, which was acknowledged. This was the last radio contact with the Skywarrior, and it failed to return to the Kitty Hawk. Search efforts along its flight path and the surrounding area failed to locate any sign of “Hollygreen 5” or its crew.
Lieutenant Junior Grade George Francis Pawlish, who entered the U.S. Navy from Colorado, served with Heavy Attack Squadron 4. He was a crew member aboard this Skywarrior at the time of its disappearance on March 8, 1967. He remains unaccounted-for. Following the incident, the Navy promoted LTJG Pawlish to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). Today, Lieutenant Commander Pawlish 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