B-66 Destroyer Honor Roll: Fatalities, Killed in Action, Missing in Action, Returned to Duty, Vietnam War

> ANDERSON, Edwin P. Jr., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand Lt. Col., Navigator
> ARMANI, Harry V., 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission Captain, pilot, daughter Robin Armani
> BALDWIN, William R., EB-66E, 23Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash Captain, navigator, DOB 13 Jan 1945
> BECRAFT, William R., 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK 1st Lt., EWO, age 27, Suffern, NY, wife-Jean Ann Becraft
> BOLTE, Wayne L, 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21 Colonel , pilot
> BOONE, Charles Lee, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959, Bruntingthorpe 1st Lt, AO37074385, navigator, age 27, wife-Lilah
> BORDELON, Charles, 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii TSG, FE
> BROOKS, Paul, 85thBS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe Major, Instructor pilot, family at Norfolk, VA
> BRYCE, Thomas C., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1st Lt., EWO, A031733A, Buffalo, NY, wife-Billie Jean.
> CATHER, Wilfred E., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem. GR Captain, AO760100, Catholic, 30th TRS,
> CAUSEY, John B., 54-0457, 25 Feb 1966, Tonkin Gulf Captain, EWO
> CHANDLER, Donn F.,54-0444, 8 Jul 1958, Spangdahlem Captain, pilot
> CHASE, Robert A., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1st Lt., Navigator, A03056137, Eau Claire, WI, wife-Elsa.
> COAD, Gary Roland, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959, 54-0421, Bruntingthorpe 1st Lt, AO3057421, pilot, age 24, unmarried, from California
> COX, William H., Jr., RB-66B, 4 Feb 1963, FTF/Tulsa, OK Capt.
> DAUGHENBAUGH, Jr., LeRoy, 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK SSG, flight engineer, age 28, Stephenson, IL, wife-Alice H. Daughenbaugh
> DAVENPORT, Ralph, Capt, 85th BS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe Navigator, family from Tampa, FL
> DAVIS, Smith Jr., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1st Lt., EWO, Fort Chester, NY, unmarried.
> DAY, Allen H. “Bud”, 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea Captain, EWO, A0676439, age 38; Thompson, CT
> DINGER, Richard J. “Dick”, 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Field, FL 1LT, pilot
> DOBY, Herbert, 41st TRS, 4 Feb 1967, EB-66C 55-0387/NVN Lt. Col., 29991A
> DUFFIN, Rey L., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing Captain, DOB 23 Apr 1931, Tooele, UT
> DUFRESNE, Arthur J., Jr., 54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France A2c, Gunner
> GATWOOD, Robin F., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21 Captain, EWO
> GIANNANGELI, Anthony R., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21 Colonel, EWO
> GLANDON, Harold W., 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1 Lt., Age 26, Indiahoma, OK
> HANDCOCK, Robert B., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK 1 Lt., Navigator > GRAY, Robin W., 54-0444, 8 Jul 1958, Spangdahlem Captain, Navigator
> HARVEY, Daniel, 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission Captain, navigator
> HEIMANN, Helmut, 54-0444, 8 Jul 1958, Spangdahlem 1 Lt., Navigator
> HENDERSON, Dan Kelly, 54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France 1st Lt., Pilot *
> HEZEL, Karl D., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing Captain, DOB 8 Dec 1933, Cranford, NJ (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam)
> HICKS, Howard M., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958,RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea SSG, gunner, Parkersburg, WV, unmarried.
> HOLLEY, John A. “Tony”, EB-66E, 9 Oct 1969, 54-0536/Spangdahlem, GR Captain, EWO, SSN: 425-80-2047, wife named Linda, (from MS?), Brother killed in F-4 over NVN (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam)
> HUGHES, Richard W., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA Captain
> JOHNSON, Theodore W., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing 1st Lt, DOB 10 Jul 1942, Westfield, NY (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam) JUNGE, James L., 43rd TRS, 26 Jun 1959, Kelly AFB, TX Captain, Pilot
> KELLY, Kenneth H., EB-66E, 9 Oct 1969, 54-0536/Spangdahlem, GR Major, Pilot, SSN: 451-56-9001, wife named Terry
> KEMP, Michael J., 43rd TRS, 26 Jun 1959, 54-0544/Kelly AFB, TX A2C, Gunner
> KENDLER, Jesse, 9th TRS, 5 Sep 1961, WB-66D/ Near Bermuda Captain, pilot, remains lost at sea
> KLATZ, Stanley P., 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Fld., FL TSG, gunner, in charge of all 95th BS gunners
> KRZYNOWEK, Paul S., RB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Takhli Crash Landing 1st Lt, EWO, DOB 1 Nov 1943, Housatonic, ME
> LAIRD, Donald E., 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii 1st Lt., Navigator, Remains lost at sea.
> LEVIS, Charles Allen, 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21 Colonel, EWO, DOB 7 Nov 1932, Home-Fort Worth, TX
> LINDLEY, Dwight A., 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii Captain, Pilot, Remains lost at sea
> LOEFFLER, Joseph D., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem, GR Captain, AO749677, Navigator, Catholic, 30th TRS
> MANN, Robert L., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965, 53-0452/Pleiku, SVN[MIA] Captain, pilot, AO3005851, on 14th mission
> MANZO, Arthur J., B-66B/54-0495, 11 Sep 1957, Houston, TX/RBS mission Captain, navigator, from New Jersey, married to English wife, Frieda, she perhaps returned to England following accident.
> MCCABE, Reynolds W., 54-0460, 6 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK 1st Lt., EWO, age 30, single, from Lemon Grove (La Jolla), CA, ranked tennis player
> MCCASLAND, William H., 43rd TRS, 26 Jun 1959, 54-0544/Kelly AFB, TX 1st Lt., Navigator MCDONALD, William E., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing Major, Navigator, DOB 3 Feb 1930, Memphis, TN
> MCEWEN, James A., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965, 53-0452/Pleiku, SVN 1st Lt., AO70597A, navigator, on 65th mission, from Washington, PA?
> MERCER, Pollard H. Jr. (Sonny), EB-66C 388, 20 Jan 1968, VN/Mig-21 Major, pilot, died in P.I. after Medevac
> MAINS, Blaine L., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA, Civilian (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland) MOORE, Larry A., EB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Landing Accident/Takhli Captain, EWO, DOB 8 Mar 1940, Marion, IA
> NICHOLS, Max E., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing Major, DOB 6 Jun 1929, Houghton, NJ
> MUELLER, Lawton D., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1st Lt., EWO, A03028915, Moline, IL, wife-Patricia Ann.
> NOBERT, Craig R., 54-0464, 20 Jul 1966, SAM/NVN 1st Lt, EWO, MIA
> NOELL, Ralph Leon, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959,54-0421/Bruntingthorpe A2c, AF 19560818, gunner, age 21, from Oklahoma
> ORLOWSKI, Joseph M., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand Captain., EWO
> POOR, Russell A., 41st TRS, 4 Feb 1967, 5 EB-66C 55-0387/NVN Lt. Col., EWO, MIA
> POWELL, James T., Jr., 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 1st Lt., age 24, Menard, TX
> RAUSCH, Julius J., 43rd TRS, 17 Jul 1958, Azores, Portugal A1C, gunner, age 23, unmarried, son of Antone Rausch, Dazey, ND, Remains lost at sea
> REPETA, Henry J., EB-66E, 23 Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash Major, EWO, DOB 30 Apr 1933
> RICKETTS, James E. Jr., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand Lt. Col., Pilot, CO of 42nd TEWS, hometown-Vacaville, CA(?)
> RUNION, John A., 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Field, FL Captain, Navigator
> SARABALE, George E., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA Civilian Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland)
> SASSER, George F., EB-66E, 23 Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash Major, pilot, DOB 29 May 1939
> SAVAGE, Paul J. “Doc”, 85th BS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe Captain, remains lost at sea
> SEREX, Henry M., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21 Lt. Col., EWO
> STEWART, Julian T. Jr., 16th TRS, 8 May 1959, Shaw AFB, SC Captain, Navigator
> STITZEL, James M., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea Captain, EWO, A043431A, Chicago, IL, wife-Sarah Helen.
> STRANDBERG, Howard E.., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem, GR Captain, Pilot, AO2221823, Protestant, 30th TRS
> TAYLOR, George A., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea Captain, pilot, Vicksburg, MS, wife-Dorothy Delores.
> TAYLOR, Roger E., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK Captain, pilot
> VALENCIA, Bernard M., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK TSG, Gunner
> WATSON, Glen D.,54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France 2nd Lt., Navigator
> WEGER, John Jr., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965, 53-0452/Pleiku, SVN Captain, navigator, former B-57 crewman
> WELCH, Edwin B., RB-66B, 24 June 1969, Night Refueling Accident, near Kinston NC, Major, AO3057706, Instructor pilot
> WEYMARK, James T., 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK 1st Lt., EWO, age 26, Bay Village, OH, wife-Judith Ellen Weymark
> WHITLEY, Jr., Frank L. “Chip”, 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission 1st Lt, navigator, possibly Intel
> WILBURN, Woodrow H., 41st TRS, 4 Feb 1967, EB-66C 55-0387/NVN Colonel, Remains returned 3 Jan 1990 by N Vietnam
> YOUNGS, Jack M., EB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Landing Accident/Takhli Lt. Col., pilot, DOB 24 Oct 1921, Independence, MO

B-66 Honor Roll

Updated by Jim Russell at AF Casualty 12 Feb 2004.
Updated by Gerry Parker, 4 April 2004 E-Mail: gparker@pmkc.com Updated for correct rank by Jim Russell, AF Casualty, 27 April 2004 Updated for minor errors in rank by Gerry Parker, 20 July 2004

Contact Gerry Parker at 713-621-7521 or gparker@pmkc.com with any corrections. Total: 79

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