David G. Plasch, age 23, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Rockingham county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Killed when helicopter he was aboard was shot down.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, David G. Plasch Aviation Scholarship Fund
Bradley Elliott Sandford, age 47, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Rockingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 27, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Sun Journal, Associated Press (1970)
Clyde Douglas Alloway, age 32, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Rockingham county.
Spouse: Marjory C. Estes Alloway
Children: Jeffrey, 9; Lynn, 3
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1970
Death details: On June 6, 1970, an AC-119K Stinger (tail number 52-5935, call sign “Lemon 10”) with a crew of ten developed engine trouble shortly after take-off from Da Nang Air Base and crashed in the South China Sea in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q BT 167 840. Search and rescue (SAR) teams located and rescued nine of the crew but could not locate the tenth crew member. Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Clyde Douglas Alloway, who joined the U.S. Air Force from New Hampshire, served with the 18th Special Operations Squadron. He was the illuminator operator aboard the Stinger when it crashed. After the crash, he made radio contact with the Search and Rescue (SAR) team and stated that he was tangled in his parachute and unable to remain above the surface of the water. The SAR team was unable to locate him and he was not heard from again. Subsequent to the incident and while carried in the status of missing in action, the U.S. Air Force promoted SSgt Alloway to the rank of Technical Sergeant (TSgt). Today, TSgt Alloway is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Portsmouth Herald (1970), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ralph Ronald Cummings, age 18, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Rockingham county.
Parents: Ward of Mrs. Arthur W. Durant
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Portland Press Herald (1970)