Robert Franklin Weimorts, age 21, from Mobile County Eight Mile, Alabama .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 22, 1966
Death details: On April 22, 1966, an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 151785, call sign “Buckeye 805”) carrying two crew members took off from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) as the lead aircraft in a two-plane armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. After attacking their targets, the pilot of “Buckeye 805” directed the flight to rendezvous over the water southeast of Vinh. Witnesses from aboard the wingman aircraft reported that after arriving at the rendezvous point, they observed “Buckeye 805” crash into the water for unknown reasons. The two crew members aboard “Buckeye 805” were not located following the incident. Lieutenant Commander Robert Franklin Weimorts, who joined the U.S. Navy from Alabama, was a member of Attack Squadron 85. He was the pilot of ?Buckeye 805? when it went down, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Today, Lieutenant Commander Weimorts is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. 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
