Donald Edward Jr. Larue, age 22, from Hemstead, New York, Nassau county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Airborne Ranger
Date of death: Thursday, September 16, 1971
Death details: Died of a lung infection during his second tour in Vietnam.
Cemetery: Long Island National
Source: National Archives, Newsday (1971)
Jon Marc King, age 24, from Hemstead, New York, Nassau county.
Spouse: Phyllis
Children: Daughter, 3 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, University of Michigan
Date of death: Sunday, November 29, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, missing, South Vietnam. Died when the transport plane taking home home disappeared.
Source: National Archives, Newsday (1970)
John Harper Jr. Evans, age 20, from Hemstead, New York, Nassau county.
Parents: John Evans Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hempstead High (1968)
Date of death: Friday, August 7, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Newsday (1970)
Harry Edward Taylor, age 19, from Hemstead, New York, Nassau county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, March 6, 1967
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Binh Dinh Province
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Johnny Harrison, age 21, from Nassau County Hemstead, New York .
Parents: Frank and Alberta Harrison
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hempstead High (1963)
Military history: 173rd Airborne Brigade
Date of death: Tuesday, May 17, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam; died from bullet wounds
Source: National Archives, Newsday (1966)
Albert Pitt from Hemstead, New York, Nassau county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: January 24, 1966
Death details: On January 24, 1966, an F-4B Phantom II (bureau number 152265) with two crew members took off from Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, on a strike mission against targets in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. Flying as one of four aircraft on the mission, this Phantom was assigned a target seven miles southwest of Hue-Phu Bai. After ordnance was released over the target area, the aircraft’s pilot radioed that he was returning to Da Nang, and this was the last known contact with the aircraft. The aircraft failed to return to base and searches were unsuccessful in locating the missing plane and its two crew members.
Captain Albert Pitt entered the U.S. Marine Corps from New York and was a member of the Marine Attack Fighter Squadron 314, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was the pilot of this Phantom when it went missing on January 24, 1966, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Following the incident, the Marine Corps promoted Capt Pitt to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Pitt is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency