Henry Floyd Dellecker, age 19, from Maricopa County Phoenix, Arizona .
Spouse: Linda L. Dellecker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 10, 1971
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Martin Mendoza Vasquez, age 20, from Maricopa County Mesa, Arizona .
Parents: Julian M. Vasquez
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 1971
Cemetery: Mesa City
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1971)
Jeffery Lynn Wright, age 18, from Flagstaff, Arizona, Coconino county.
Parents: Don A. Wright
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1971)
Leroy Jason III Cornwell, age 27, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 10, 1971
Death details: On March 7, 1996, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Leroy Jason Cornwell, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Cornwell joined the U.S. Air Force from Arizona and was a member of the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On September 10, 1971, he was the co-pilot of an F-4 Phantom II (66-8712) on a weather observation mission over Laos. Captain Cornwell’s aircraft went down during the mission, and he was killed in the crash. His remains were not located or recovered following the incident. In August 1994, a joint U.S. and Laotian search team recovered remains from the Phantom’s crash site that were later identified as those of Capt Cornwell.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Leroy Jason III Cornwell, age 27, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 10, 1971
Death details: On March 7, 1996, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Leroy Jason Cornwell, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Cornwell joined the U.S. Air Force from Arizona and was a member of the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On September 10, 1971, he was the co-pilot of an F-4 Phantom II (66-8712) on a weather observation mission over Laos. Captain Cornwell’s aircraft went down during the mission, and he was killed in the crash. His remains were not located or recovered following the incident. In August 1994, a joint U.S. and Laotian search team recovered remains from the Phantom’s crash site that were later identified as those of Capt Cornwell.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Paul Jennings Bates Jr., age 18, from Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 10, 1971
Death details: On August 10, 1971, an O-1G Bird Dog (tail number 512267) carrying two crew members was one of two aircraft conducting a visual reconnaissance mission over Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. While trying to show the second aircraft a target in the area, the Bird Dog crashed and burned for unknown reasons. The accompanying aircraft flew to where the O-1G had crashed and observed the wreckage on the side of a hill, but saw no signs of survivors or bodies near the wreckage. Further aerial searches did not locate any survivors, and a ground search of the crash site was precluded by enemy presence in the area and hazardous terrain.
Captain Paul Jennings Bates Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Arizona and was a member of 220th Aviation Company, 212nd Aviation Battalion, 11th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the pilot of this Bird Dog when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Captain Bates is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Ronald Brown, age 24, from Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: Lemual T. Brown
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 8, 1971
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1971)
Jeffrey Alan Coffin, age 20, from Arizona, Coconino county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 22, 1970
Source: National Archives
Bruce Lynn Hankins, age 23, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: DeEtta J. Hankins
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mesa High, Mesa Community College, Arizona State University (1969)
Date of death: Monday, November 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1970)
Hugh John Shevlin, age 21, from Arizona, Pima county.
Parents: Charles E. Shevlin
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Salpoint High (1967)
Date of death: Sunday, November 8, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Arizona Daily Star (1970)