United States Air Force Aircrew – 12 May 1972

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Full Name: SAMUEL YOUNG JR ADAIR

Date of Birth: 7/4/1941
Date of Casualty: 5/12/1972
Home of Record: MADISON, GEORGIA
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: MAJ
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG TRI
Status: MIA

Full Name: DENNIS CLARKE CRESSEY

Date of Birth: 7/9/1946
Date of Casualty: 5/12/1972
Home of Record: CHEYENNE, WYOMING
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: CAPT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG TRI
Status: MIA

CRESSEY, DENNIS CLARKE

Name:   Dennis Clarke Cressey
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O2
Unit: 390 TFS
Date of Birth: 09 July 1946
Home City of Record: CHEYENNE WYOMING
Date of Loss: 12 May 72
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 165422 North 1065240 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4E
Missions: 183
Other Personnel in Incident: SAMUEL ADAIR, PFOD, remains returned

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. Updated 2001.

REMARKS:

11/74 REMAINS RECOVERED   ID’d 750626
CACCF/CRASH/QUANG TRI/AIRCREW
Graduated Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO in 1968. He was involved with the Big Brothers program there.

ADAIR, SAMUEL Y JR

  • MAJ   US AIR FORCE
  • VIETNAM
  • DATE OF BIRTH: 07/04/1941
  • DATE OF DEATH: 05/12/1972
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 20  SITE 50408

CRESSEY, DENNIS C   

  • CAPT   US AIR FORCE
  • VIETNAM
  • DATE OF BIRTH: 07/09/1946
  • DATE OF DEATH: 05/12/1972
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 20  SITE 50408

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