United States Air Force Aircrew 11 December 1965

Full Name: ROBERT MILVOY HORSKY
Date of Birth: 1/7/1927
Date of Casualty: 12/11/1965
Home of Record: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: MAJOR
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: PHU YEN
Status: MIA

HORSKY, ROBERT MILVOY
Name: Robert Milvoy Horsky
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 07 January 1927
Home City of Record: CEDAR RAPIDS IA
Date of Loss: 11 December 1965
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 124855 North  1091028 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: C123K

Other Personnel in Incident: Robert Hosrsky, George McKnight, Mercedes Salinas, Donald Stewart, all remains returned, mass grave.

REMARKS: AC MISSING/RECOVERED/REMAINS FOUND/NO ID
ARVN FOUND REMAINS 740600
BURIED MASS GRAVE
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/PHU YEN
No further information available at this time.

Full Name: GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHT
Date of Birth: 2/22/1936
Date of Casualty: 12/11/1965
Home of Record: LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: CAPTAIN
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: PHU YEN
Status: MIA

Full Name: MERCEDES PEREZ SALINAS
Date of Birth: 9/24/1928
Date of Casualty: 12/11/1965
Home of Record: MISSION, TEXAS
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: SERGEANT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: PHU YEN
Status: MIA

Full Name: DONALD DAVID STEWART
Date of Birth: 1/22/1937
Date of Casualty: 12/11/1965
Home of Record: COATS, NORTH CAROLINA
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: PHU YEN
Status: MIA

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