Jon Irving Clifford, age 24, from Kennebec County Hallowell, Maine .
Parents: Ardelia and Robert L. Clifford
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Cony High (1962)
Date of death: Wednesday, March 9, 1966
Death details: Hostile; killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Kennebec Journal (1966)
Malcolm Arthur Avore, age 26, from Hallowell, Maine, Kennebec county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 18, 1965
Death details: Lieutenant Malcolm Arthur Avore, who joined the U.S. Navy from Maine, was a member of Attack Squadron 163, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34). On July 18, 1965, he piloted a single-seat A-4E Skyhawk (bureau number 151089) that performed a catapult launch from the deck of the Oriskany. After the launch, LT Avore’s aircraft crashed into the South China Sea 400 yards in front of the ship. He did not eject from the Skyhawk before it hit the water, and searches of the area did not locate him or his aircraft. Lieutenant Avore remains unaccounted for following the incident. Today, Lieutenant Avore is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency