Curtis Mancini, age 43, from Ft Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 350Th Civil Affairs Command, 1200 College Boulevard, Pensacola, Fl 32504
Date of death: Thursday, January 29, 2004
Death details: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Kenneth Morrison, age 36, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Barclay Bingham Young from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 1972
Death details: On March 25, 2008, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Barclay Bingham Young, missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Young entered the U.S. Air Force from Connecticut and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On March 29, 1972, he was a crew member aboard an AC-130A gunship (tail number 55-0044, nicknamed “Prometheus”) that took off from Ubon Airfield, Thailand, on a night reconnaissance mission to targets east of Savannakhet in southern Laos. The aircraft was shot down by enemy surface-to-air missiles, killing Maj Young and the other crew members. Search and rescue efforts were curtailed due to enemy activity, and Maj Young’s remains could not be recovered at the time. Between 1986 and 2006, joint U.S./Laotian teams excavated the crash site and recovered human remains and artifacts. Modern forensic techniques were eventually able to identify Maj Young among the remains recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Leroy Jr. Reid, age 29, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Spouse: Ailla Reid
Children: Leroy, Kelvin, Timothy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 15, 1971
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: Lauderdale Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1971)
Michael William McAndrews, age 22, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, December 23, 1970
Death details: On December 23, 1970, a U-1A Otter (tail number: 55-3298; call sign: Reliable 298) with a crew of three embarked on a courier mission over the Republic of (South) Vietnam. Witnesses on the ground saw the aircraft break into two pieces in mid-air approximately ten miles south of Tuy Hoa Air Base. The aircraft was said to be on fire when it split apart (vicinity of 49P CQ 285 350). Two rescue helicopters arrived on the scene within minutes and conducted an extensive aerial search for survivors along the coastline. Ground searches were also conducted, but were unsuccessful in finding any remains. The three men aboard the Otter are still unaccounted for.
Warrant Officer One (WO1) Michael William McAndrews, who joined the U.S. Army from Florida, served with the 18th Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the aircraft commander aboard the Otter when it went down, and his remains were not recovered. Today, WO McAndrews is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Cleveland Ray Harvey, age 23, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Tampa Times (1970)
William Joseph McPherson, age 22, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 30, 1970
Death details: Died in an accidental explosion while on night patrol in Vietnam
Cemetery: Cedear Memorial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1970)
Earl Kenneth Tynes, age 26, from Broward County Fort Lauderdale, Florida .
Spouse: Sarah Tynes
Children: Karen, 3; Lisa, 9 months
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 29, 1966
Death details: Accidentally shot and killed while crossing friendly lines after returning from a helicopter rescue mission.
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1966)
Henry Benton, age 20, from Broward County Fort Lauderdale, Florida .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 21, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Miami Herlad (1966)
James Raymond Scott, age 19, from Broward County Fort Lauderdale, Florida .
Parents: Rebecca and Harry L. Denny
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Friday, March 4, 1966
Death details: Killed by machine gun fire in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1966)