Jerry Lynn Smith from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Spouse: Donna M. Smith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Smith, Jerry Lynn
Smith, Boyd Wayne
Army 1st lieutenant
Boyd Wayne Smith, age 22, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 5, 1970
Death details: Killed in Cambodia
Cemetery: Lynnhurst
Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1970)
Conner, Michael Ray
Air Force Staff sergeant
Michael Ray Conner, age 22, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Parents: James W. Conner
Spouse: Judith Ann (Warren)
Children: Michael Ray Conner Jr., born a month after his death.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 22, 1970
Death details: Killed with his plane was shot down over South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Knoxville News (1970)
Lane, Robert Harrison Jr.
Army Sergeant
Robert Harrison Jr. Lane, age 19, from Concord, Tennessee, Knox county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Farragut High (1968)
Date of death: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam during an enemy attack.
Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1970)
Childress, Benjamin V. Jr.
Army Staff sergeant
Benjamin V. Jr. Childress, age 39, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Spouse: Josie Chikldress
Children: Debbie, 7; Caroline, 3
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Knoxville High
Military history: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Tulsa World (1970), Knoxville News Sentinel (1970)
Reed, Wilbert
Army Corporal
Wilbert Reed, age 26, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Spouse: Eleanor Reed
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Gentry, Lennis Clyde
Army Specialist 4
Lennis Clyde Gentry, age 20, from Powell, Tennessee, Knox county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 22, 1970
Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1970)
Haggard, William Elmer
Marines Corporal
William Elmer Haggard, age 20, from Powell, Tennessee, Knox county.
Parents: Mildred Haggard
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, January 21, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Foster, Paul Leonard
Air Force Senior master sergeant
Paul Leonard Foster from Knoxville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 22, 1969
Death details: On October 18, 1995, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Senior Master Sergeant Paul Leonard Foster, missing from the Vietnam War. Senior Master Sergeant Foster entered the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee and served with the 606th Air Commando Squadron. On February 22, 1969, he was the navigator aboard an A-26A Invader (tail number 64-17641, call sign “Nimrod 33”) on a night combat mission against enemy targets in Laos. During the mission, his aircraft was shot down by enemy ground fire and crashed in Khammouan Province, killing SMSgt Foster. A search was prevented by the rugged terrain and the active enemy presence in the loss area, and his remains were not recovered at the time. In 1996, a joint U.S./Laotian investigative team traveled to the crash site in Khammouan Province where they recovered human remains and personal effects, and in 2000, U.S. investigators were able to identify SMSgt Foster from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Glandon, Gary Alven
Air Force 1st lieutenant
Gary Alven Glandon from Powell, Tennessee, Knox county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 1966
Death details: On May 26, 1966, an F-4C Phantom II (serial number 64-0722) with a crew of two departed Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, as the number two aircraft in a flight of three on a close air support mission over Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. During a bomb pass over the target, the F-4C burst into flames, exploded in mid-air at low altitude, and disintegrated on impact in the vicinity of (GC) CR 104 367. No parachutes were seen, and no electronic beacon signals were heard. The heavy enemy presence in the vicinity prevented a search and rescue team from reaching the crash site.
First Lieutenant Gary Alven Glandon, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee, served with the 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the weapons systems officer of the Phantom when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Glandon is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency