John Robert II Peacock, age 26, from Kailua, Hawaii.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 1972
Death details:
On October 12, 1972, an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 15-5700, call sign “Tiny 06”) with two crew members took off from Nam Phong Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission against enemy targets in North Vietnam. Upon reaching the target area, the pilot reported to the forward air controller (FAC) that there were no targets available due to bad weather and that he was returning to base. Following this transmission, the FAC reported an explosion in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q XE 600 450. Following the explosion, no rescue beepers or attempts at radio contact were heard. Other aircraft in the area were unable to locate the Intruder or its crew.
Captain John Robert Peacock II entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Hawaii and was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 533, Marine Air Group 15, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was the pilot of this Intruder when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Peacock is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
