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to remember
Greenwood, Robert Roy, Jr., Lt Col.
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On 02 Sep 1972 a section of F-4s (TUFA 1 and TUFA 2) from Tahkli RTAFB were working in the Plaine des Jarres area of Laos about 5 miles east of Ban Na Mai village under the control of a Forward Air Controller, RAVEN 23. After two dry passes to ensure they had acquired the target, TUFA 2 rolled in hot. The aircraft, F-4E tail number 68-0335, burst into flames immediately after ordnance release and continued in a 40 degree dive, impacting the ground just beyond the target area. TUFA 1 saw two ejection seats leave the aircraft, followed by two parachutes - but both disappeared into clouds. When TUFA 1 tried to contact the FAC he received no answer - RAVEN 23 had also disappeared. Search and rescue efforts began at once, the wreckage of both aircraft was found, and parachutes were sighted on the ground - but no contact was made with any of the four men from TUFA 2 and RAVEN 23.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii and in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Other Comments:
Missing since 2 September 1972 MIA/POW - Laos
Promoted posthumously
