Phillip Reid Anderson, age 28, from Everett, Washington, Snohomish county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop F, 2D Squadron, 3 Acr, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Monday, March 10, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Balad Ruz, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Emmett Raymond McDonald from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 31, 1966
Death details: On May 31, 1966, a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0511, call sign “Radium 1”) with a crew of eight departed Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a classified mission over North Vietnam. No radio communications were expected. When the aircraft failed to return to base, search and rescue efforts were initiated, but were unsuccessful. Several days later, the North Vietnamese announced that they had shot down a C-130, and that they had recovered and buried several bodies. The aircraft is believed to have been shot down in Tranh Hoa Province.
Captain Emmett Raymond McDonald, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Washington, served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. He was the navigator aboard the C-130 when it disappeared, and his remains were not recovered. Following the incident, the Air Force promoted Capt McDonald to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major McDonald is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Richard Andrew Alm, age 34, from Puyallup, Washington, Pierce county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Death details: On February 1, 1966, a KC-130F Hercules (bureau number 149809) took off carrying six crew members on an aerial refueling mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. En route to its rendezvous point, all radio and radar contact was lost with the aircraft while over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YE 520 190. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the six crew members were unsuccessful. Major Richard Andrew Alm entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Washington and was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it disappeared on February 1, 1966, and was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Major Alm is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com