750515 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT     DATE OF LOSS 15, MAY 1975 Loss Coordinates: 101800N 1030830E (TS965400)                                                               Category definitions

GREGORY SCOTT
COPENHAVER
Rank/Branch: E3/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 14November 1946
Home City of Record: Port Deposit MD
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

Daniel Andrew 
Benedett 
Rank/Branch: E2/US 
Marine Corps 
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division 
Date of Birth: 30 October 1955 
Home City of Record: Auburn King WA 
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water 
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered 
Category: 3 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: 
CH53A

 

GARY LEE
HALL
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: E BLT/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 26 July 1956
Home City of Record: Covington KY
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 1998

 

 

 

ANDRES GARCIA
Rank/Branch: E3/US Marine Corps
Unit: HS/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 27 November 1954
Home City of Record: Carlsbad NM
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 


JOSEPH NELSON
HARGROVE 
Rank/Branch: E3/US Marine Corps
Unit: F BLT/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 15 May 1951
Home City of Record: Mt. Olive NC
Date of Loss: 15 May 1975
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 1998

LYNN BLESSING
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 16 January 1957
Home City of Record: Lancaster PA
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

WALTER BOYD
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 17 April 1956
Home City of Record: Norfolk VA
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

 

BERNARD GAUSE JR
Rank/Branch: E5/US Navy
Unit: HQ Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines,
3rd Marine Division
Date of Birth: 11 November 1940
Home City of Record: Birmingham AL
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003


 

 

JAMES JOSEPH JACQUES
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 09 October 1956
Home City of Record: Denver CO
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 22003

ASHTON NATHANIEL LONEY
Rank/Branch: E3/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 18 June 1954
Home City of Record: Albany NY
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 2038

 

 

JAMES RICKEY MAXWELL
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 20 February 1957
Home City of Record: Center Ridge AR
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

DANNY GLEN MARSHALL
Rank/Branch: E1/US Marine Corps
Unit: E BLT/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 09 March 1957
Home City of Record: Waverly WV
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 1998

 

 

RONALD JAMES MANNING
Rank/Branch: E3/US Navy
Unit: HQ Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines,
3rd Marine Division
Date of Birth: 09 May 1954
Home City of Record: Toronto OH
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003


 

RICHARD WILLIAM
RIVENBURGH
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 14 July 1953
Home City of Record: San Diego CA
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

 


ANTONIO RAMOS SANDOVAL
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines,3rd

Marine Division
Date of Birth: 04 March 1956
Home City of Record: San Antonio TX
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

 

 

 

KELTON RENA TURNER
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine
Division
Date of Birth: 15 July 1956
Home City of Record: Los Angeles CA
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

 

 

 

RICHARD
VAN DE GEER
Rank/Branch: O1/US Air Force
Unit: 21st Special Operations Squadron -
Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
Date of Birth: 11 January 1948
Home City of Record: Columbus OH
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003

    
         

ELWOOD EUGENE RUMBAUGH
STAFF SERGEANT
Home City of Record:SPANGLER Pennsylvania 09/10/1943
Helicopter Air Casualty - Other Aircrew 05/15/1975
Aircraft Loss/Crash at Sea Hostile U.S,Body Not
Recovered .
21st Special Operations Squadron - Nakhon Phanom,
Thailand
Refno: 2003

 

 

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