Captured 7 June 1964

Greer, Robert Lee
Marines Staff sergeant

Robert Lee Greer, age 20, from Contra Costa County Pleasant Hill, California .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1964
Death details: On March 27, 1991, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Greer, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Greer joined the U.S. Marine Corps from California and was a member of Marine Air Base Squadron 16. On June 7, 1964, he and another Marine departed the Marine base at Da Nang, Vietnam, on a non-duty trip to a hill overlooking the Da Nang airfield. Both men were captured by the Viet Cong during their trip. Staff Sergeant Greer died at some point while in enemy custody. In November 1990, the Vietnamese government repatriated a set of unidentified remains to U.S. custody. U.S. analysts identified part of the returned remains as those of SSgt Greer.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

Schreckengost, Fred Thomas
Marines Staff sergeant

Fred Thomas Schreckengost, age 26, from Columbiana County East Palestine, Ohio .

Parents: George A. Schreckengost

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1964
Death details: On March 27, 1991, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Fred Thomas Schreckengost, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Schreckengost joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Ohio and was a member of Marine Air Base Squadron 16. On June 7, 1964, he and another Marine departed the Marine base at Da Nang, Vietnam, on a non-duty trip to a hill overlooking the Da Nang airfield. Both men were captured by the Viet Cong during their trip. Staff Sergeant Schreckengost died at some point during his time in enemy captivity. In November 1990, the Vietnamese government repatriated an unidentified set of remains to U.S. custody. U.S. analysts identified part of the returned remains as those of SSgt Schreckengost.

Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)

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