Dale Ryan Buxton, age 18, from Rangeley, Maine, Franklin county.
Parents: Ella Wilbur
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Rangeley High
Date of death: Saturday, August 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile; died in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Portland Press Herald (1970)
Neil Brooks Taylor, age 25, from Rangeley, Maine, Franklin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 14, 1965
Death details: On February 4, 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Junior Grade Neil Brooks Taylor, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Taylor entered the U.S. Navy from Maine and was a member of Attack Squadron 192, Carrier Air Wing 19. On September 14, 1965, he piloted an A-4C Skyhawk (bureau number unknown) that took off from the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) on a bombing mission over South Vietnam. While over the target area, he failed to recover from a steep bombing run and crashed in Bac Lieu Province. LTJG Taylor died in the crash but his remains were not recovered at the time of his loss. In 2013, a joint search team investigated the crash site and recovered remains that U.S. analysts eventually identified as those of LTJG Taylor.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency