Benjamin Moore Jr., age 43, from Waycross, Georgia, Ware county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Battalion, 27Th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Date of death: Friday, April 24, 2009
Death details: Cob Speicher, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Chad Michael Mercer, age 25, from Waycross, Georgia, Ware county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 121St Infantry (Tf Baghdad), Fitzgerald, Ga
Date of death: Thursday, June 30, 2005
Death details: 86Th Csh, Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Thomas Oneal Zorn Jr. from Waycross, Georgia, Ware county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 17, 1972
Death details: On September 17, 1972, an F-105 Thunderchief (tail number 62-8360, call sign “Condor 01”) with a crew of two departed Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base on a combat mission. The aircraft was hit by a surface to air missile (SAM) in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YH 187 827, and both crew members ejected. Their parachutes were seen to land in the Gulf of Tonkin. Search and rescue teams saw the bodies of both crew members below the surface of the water, but were unable to retrieve them due to harassing enemy fire.
Captain Thomas O’Neal Zorn Jr., who joined the U.S. Air Force from Georgia, served with the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was the pilot of the Thunderchief when it was shot down, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Captain Zorn 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, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency