McLaughlin, Arthur Vincent, Jr., CMSgt

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Last Rank
Chief Master Sergeant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
111X0-Defensive Aerial Gunner
Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1972-1972, 348th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
Service Years
1952 - 1972
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Chief Master Sergeant

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Home State
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
 Year of Birth
1934
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Roxbury, Massachusetts		 Last Address
Westover AFB, MA; U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand
MIA Date
Dec 20, 1972		  
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
01W 096, Cemetery Unknown

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page


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Last Known Activity:

Then MSgt. Arthur McLaughlin was a gunner aboard B-52D (tail number 56-0622) based at U-Tapao RTNAFB, Thailand that was hit by a SA-2 SAM over North Vietnam during Operation "Linebacker II". The aircraft finally crashed in Thailand, 35 km east of Khon Kaen.  This occurred during the "Christmas Bombing" of 1972.

He was one of four men who was killed and he remains MIA.  

Home base for the unit was Westover AFB, Massachusetts.
   
  1972-1972, 307th Strategic Wing

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Thailand
   
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307th Strategic Wing
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Combat - Command 		 
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Wing
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307th Strategic Wing
Pierce, Joseph, Sgt, (1968-1972) Sergeant
Elliott, Frank Worth, Maj Gen, (1942-1975) Major General
Bernasconi, Louis Henry, Col, (1955-1980) Lieutenant Colonel
Conlee, William W., Col, (1958-1979) Lieutenant Colonel
Joyner, Donald Arrington, Lt Col, (1953-1972) Lieutenant Colonel
Alexander, Fernando, Lt Col, (1952-1979) 153 1531A Major
Alley, Gerald William, Col, (1954-1972) Major
Hudelson, James Edward, Maj, (1956-1972) Major
Lerner, Irwin Stuart, Maj, (1965-1972) 157 1575Z Major
Marshall, Lawrence Jay, Maj, (1961-1972) Major
Perry, Randolph Allen, Lt Col, (1960-1972) 152 1525B Major
Stuart, John Franklin, Lt Col, (1964-1972) Major
Yuill, John H., Lt Col, (1954-1979) Major
Andersen, Dennis, Capt Captain
Anderson, Dennis, Capt Captain
Ashe, Ronald Anthony, Capt, (1968-1972) Captain
Bechtold, Wendell, Maj, (1966-1986) 301 3011 Captain
Bennett, Thomas Waring, Maj, (1962-1972) Captain
Brown, Charles A., Col, (1968-2004) Captain
Camerota, Peter Paul, Maj, (1967-1987) Captain
Cooper, Richard Waller, Maj, (1961-1972) Captain
Dews, John, Maj, (1964-1984) 746 7464 Captain
Drummond, David Ian, Capt, (1969-1973) Captain
Geloneck, Terry Mercer, Lt Col, (1967-1989) Captain
Giroux, Peter James, Col, (1966-1995) Captain
Katta, Kenneth, Lt Col, (1968-2004) 152 1521B Captain
LaBeau, Michael H., Col, (1967-1993) 156 1564 Captain
Mize, John Davis, Maj, (1962-1984) Captain
Morris, Robert John, Capt, (1967-1972) Captain
North, William E., Capt Captain
Price, David Johnston, Capt, (1968-1972) Captain
Reasor, Thomas Wilbur, Capt, (1966-1972) Captain
Robinson, William, Capt Captain
Ruzicka, Joseph Lucas, Capt, (1967-1972) Captain
Snellenberg, Robert, Lt Col, (1967-1993) 434 4344 Captain
Tabler, Roy Tom, Capt, (1963-1972) Captain
Turner, James Mack, Capt, (1964-1972) Captain
Wilson, Hal K., Maj, (1959-1985) Captain
Wimbrow, Nutter Jerome, Maj, (1961-1972) Captain
Arcuri, William Youl, Capt, (1965-1976) First Lieutenant
Granger, Paul L., Capt, (1970-1977) First Lieutenant
Hudson, Robert M., Col, (1970-1998) First Lieutenant
Hymel, Robert Joseph, Lt Col, (1969-1993) First Lieutenant
Martini, Michael Robert, Lt Col, (1970-1993) First Lieutenant
Mayall, William T., Lt Col, (1970-2000) First Lieutenant
Paraska, William, Col, (1970-1997) 302 3024 First Lieutenant
Vavroch, Duane P., Capt, (1970-1974) First Lieutenant
Copack, Joseph Bernard, Capt, (1969-1972) Second Lieutenant
Iarossi, Tom, 1stSgt, (1970-2010) 206 20650 First Sergeant (E-8)
Gries, Eugene Charles, MSgt, (1952-1973) Master Sergeant
Hales, Jerry, MSgt, (1970-1973) 00 Master Sergeant
LeBlanc, Louis Edward, SMSgt, (1954-1983) Master Sergeant
Milburn, Stanley, MSgt, (1954-1974) 321 32170 Master Sergeant
Grippen, Spencer, TSgt, (1953-1973) Technical Sergeant
Poole, Charlie Sherman, CMSgt, (1951-1972) Technical Sergeant
Whalen, Peter, MSgt, (1966-1986) Technical Sergeant
CARTWRIGHT, GARY, SSgt, (1969-1976) 531 53170 Staff Sergeant
Chevalier, Ronald, MSgt, (1970-1990) 462 46270 Staff Sergeant
Farrell, George, SMSgt, (1965-1990) 702 70250 Staff Sergeant

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