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The American Experience: Vietnam Online - the PBS series companion site

This page is dedicated to the Pennsylvania POW/MIA's of Vietnam who remain unaccounted for. Never let them be forgotten.

This page is specially dedicated in loving memory of Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Potter Jr., United States Air Force, co-pilot of an A26A Invader which went missing over Laos December 29, 1967. Born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, his remains were returned in August, 1996 and were finally laid to rest on American soil at Arlington National Cemetery in December 1996.

Vietnam POW/MIA's from the State of Pennsylvania

• Robert Joseph Acalotto, Greensburg, USA, 2/20/71, Laos
• Ralph Harold Angstadt, Fleetwood, USAF, 10/18/66, North Vietnam
• Carlos Ashlock, Philadelphia, USMC, 5/12/67, South Vietnam
• Robert Leo Babula, Indiana, USMC, 8/28/66, South Vietnam
• Charles Ronald Barnes, Fullerton, USA, 3/16/69, South Vietnam
  • Loss of U21 'Long Trip 007'; March 16, 1969
• Terry Lee Beck, Linesville, USN, 10/2/69, North Vietnam
• Richard William Bell, Gibsonia, USN, 10/2/69, North Vietnam
• Barry Alan Bidwell, Greensburg, USN, 6/18/71, North Vietnam
• Darl Russell Bloom, Morrisdale, USMC, 11/13/64, South Vietnam
• Irvin Lester Bower, Jr., Linglestown, USMC, 10/6/69, South Vietnam
• John Gordon Boyanowski, Harrisburg, USA, 12/14/71, South Vietnam
• William Boyle, Watrous, USA, 2/28/70, Laos
• Ronald Daniel Briggs, Philadelphia, USA, 2/6/69, South Vietnam
• Edward James Broms, Jr., Meadville, USN, 8/1/68, North Vietnam
• Frank Monroe Brown, Jr., Tunkhannock, USN, 9/19/66, South Vietnam
• Donald Deane Burris, Jr., Wayne, USA, 12/22/69, Laos
• Charles Joseph Caffarelli, Tyrone, USAF, 11/21/72, South Vietnam
• Gean Preston Clapper, Altoona, USAF, 12/29/67, North Vietnam
• Thomas Edward Clark, Emporium, USAF, 2/8/69, Laos
• Charles Fredrick Clydesdale, Pittsburgh, USN, 3/15/65, North Vietnam
• William Clare Coltman, Pittsburgh, USAF, 9/29/72, North Vietnam
• John Francis Conlon III, Wilkes Barre, USAF, 3/4/65, South Vietnam
• John Thomas Corle, Pitcairn, USMC, 12/8/65, South Vietnam
• James Alan Crew, Windber, USAF, 11/10/67, North Vietnam
• William Roy Dennis, Pittsburgh, USA, 4/19/68, South Vietnam
• Edward Andrew Dickson, Wyoming, USN, 2/7/65, North Vietnam
• Thomas Wayne Dugan, Reading, USAF, 12/13/68, Laos
• Michael John Estocin, Turtle Creek, USN, 4/26/67, North Vietnam
• Richard Evancho, Freeland, USMC, 3/26/68, South Vietnam
• Patrick Martin Fallon, Pittsburgh, USAF, 7/4/69, Laos
• John Richard Fischer, Pittsburgh, USMC, 9/9/66, South Vietnam
• Maurice Edwin Garrett, Jr., Mercer, USA, 10/22/71, South Vietnam
• James Monroe Gehrig, Jr., Williamsport, USAF, 6/18/65, South Vietnam
• Anthony Robert Giannangeli, Lansford, USAF, 4/2/72, South Vietnam
• Henry Gerald Gish, Lancaster, USAF, 3/11/68, Laos
• Louis Fulda Guillermin, West Chester, USAF, 4/30/68, Laos
• Gary Alan Harned, Springboro, USA, 3/24/70, Cambodia
• Frank Monroe Hepler, Glenside, USAF, 5/12/68, South Vietnam
• Raymond Harry Hetrick, Brookville, USAF, 2/24/66, Laos
• John Richard Hill, Waynesburg, USA, 4/27/70, South Vietnam
• Andrew Anthony Horchar, Jr., Indiana, USN, 4/9/70, North Vietnam
• James Edward Hunsicker, Denver, USA, 4/24/72, South Vietnam
• John Charles Keiper, Renovo, USMC, 11/15/66, South Vietnam
• Donald Richard Kemmerer, Quakertown, USAF, 8/6/67, North Vietnam
• Ernst Philip Kiefel, Jr., Harrisburg, USAF, 2/10/66, Laos
• Herbert Arthur Kirk, Philadelphia, USAF, 3/11/68, Laos
• Robert E. Kline, Indiana, USAF, 11/2/66, North Vietnam
• Frederick Krupa, Scranton, USA, 4/27/71, South Vietnam
• Joseph George Kusick, Bruin, USA, 11/9/67, South Vietnam
• Richard Joseph Lacey, Pittsburgh, USA, 1/31/68, South Vietnam
• Alvin Lee Levan, Catawissa, USN, 10/25/66, South Vietnam
• John Henry Sothoron Long, Media, USAF, 10/18/66, North Vietnam
• Doyle Wilmer Lynn, Aliquippa, USN, 5/27/65, North Vietnam
• Arlie Robert Mangus, Kittanning, USA, 11/3/70, South Vietnam
• John Murray Martin, Glenshaw, USAF, 11/20/67, North Vietnam
• Thomas Joseph McAteer, Pittsburgh, USN, 11/10/66, North Vietnam
• Earl Paul McBride, Volant, USN, 10/22/66, North Vietnam
• James Arthur McEwen, Washington, USAF, 10/22/65, South Vietnam
• Wyatt Miller, Jr., Philadelphia, USA, 9/13/70, South Vietnam
• Herbert William Moore, Jr., Imperial, USAF, 9/3/67, North Vietnam
• Joe Russell Mossman, Springfield, USN, 9/13/65, North Vietnam
• David Gerhart Myers, State College, USMC, 6/8/67, South Vietnam
• Robert Allen Nickol, Bethlehem, USA, 10/26/71, South Vietnam
• John Lawrence O'Brien, Pittsburgh, USAF, 11/10/66, Laos
• Samuel O'Donnell, Weatherly, USAF, 7/12/72, North Vietnam
• David Eric Pannabecker, Womelsdorf, USAF, 3/27/72, Cambodia
• James Robert Pantall, Clymer, USA, 11/3/70, South Vietnam
• Frank Claveloux Parker III, Bridgeport, USAF, 12/29/67, North Vietnam
• Robert Edward Pasekoff, Pittsburgh, USAF, 3/13/66, South Vietnam
• Kenneth James Patton, McKees Rock, USA, 2/2/68, South Vietnam
• Daniel Raymond Phillips, Philadelphia, USA, 2/7/68, South Vietnam
• Walter Melvin Pierce, Philadelphia, USA, 6/10/70, Cambodia
• Edward Leon Romig, Havertown, USN, 6/17/66, South Vietnam
• Elwood Eugene Rumbaugh, Spangler, USAF, 5/15/75, Cambodia
• Bernard Francis Rupinski, Edwardsville, USN, 6/16/68, North Vietnam
• Edward Jay Rykoskey, Carlisle, USMC, 8/18/66, South Vietnam
• Kenneth D. Scaife, Johnstown, USN, 1/3/73, South Vietnam
• Thomas Anthony Schroeffel, Pittsburgh, USN, 2/18/66, North Vietnam
• Sheldon Duane Schultz, Altoona, USA, 1/5/68, Laos
• Dain Vanderlin Scott, Gibsonia, USN, 8/21/67, China
• Vincent Anthony Scungio, New Castle, USAF, 11/4/66, North Vietnam
• Leo Earl Seymour, Towanda, USA, 7/3/67, Laos
• Samuel Dale Shimek, Uniontown, USA, 12/9/68, South Vietnam
• Walter Harrison Sigafoos III, Richboro, USAF, 4/25/71, Laos
• Lewis Philip Smith III, Bellefonte, USAF, 5/30/68, Laos
• Robert Norman Smith, Trucksville, USMC, 8/19/69, North Vietnam
• Joseph Millard Stine, Everett, USAF, 9/27/66, North Vietnam
• John Leroy Straley, Beaver Falls, USA, 1/18/64, South Vietnam
• David Madison Alexander Strohlein, Philadelphia, USA, 6/22/71, South Vietnam
• Henry Hooker Strong, Jr., North Wales, USN, 5/25/72, North Vietnam
• Edward Philip Szeyller, Altoona, USN, 4/4/67, North Vietnam
• Lothar Gustav Thomas Terla, Scranton, USAF, 3/9/70, Laos
• David Mathew Thompson, Pittsburgh, USN, 8/12/72, North Vietnam
• Henry Albert Tipping, Philadelphia, USAF, 7/2/68, South Vietnam
• James Francis Tritt, Monaca, USN, 7/7/67, North Vietnam
• Paul Dean Urquhart, McMurray, USA, 5/28/71, South Vietnam
• Clifford D. Van Artsdalen, Plumsteadville, USA, 5/9/68, South Vietnam
• Samuel Franklin Walker, Jr., Philadelphia, USAF, 12/13/68, Laos
• William Walters, Philadelphia, USA, 5/10/69, South Vietnam
• Ervin Warren, Philadelphia, USAF, 6/3/66, Laos
• George Robert Weaver, Jr., Lancaster, USN, 11/1/66, South Vietnam
• Edgar Wilken Weitkamp, York, USA, 3/23/61, Laos
• Robert James Wells, Philadelphia, USA, 7/22/66, South Vietnam
• Richard Lee Whitteker, Easton, USAF, 3/27/68, North Vietnam
• Wayne Benjamin Wolfkeil, Wilkes Barre, USAF, 8/9/68, Laos

Reference

Information taken from the U. S. Department of Defense records. Record includes name, home of record, branch of service, incident date, and country of casualty.

• 2355 Days: A POW's Story ~ Spike Nasmyth
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam ~ Neil Sheehan
• Captive Warriors: A Vietnam POW's Story ~ Sam Johnson
• A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam ~ Ernest C. Brace
• Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War ~ George J. Veith
• Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War ~ Henry A. Kissinger
• Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu ~ Bernard B. Fall
• Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 ~ Stuart I. Rochester
• Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam: We were Soldiers Once...And Young ~ Harold G. Moore
• In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam ~ Brian VanDeMark
• The Men We Left Behind: Henry Kissinger, the Politics of Deceit and the Tragic Fate of POWs After the Vietnam War ~ Mark A. Sauter
• A POW's Story: 2801 Days in Hanoi ~ Larry Guarino
• Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia ~ Ron Martz
• Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of the U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam ~ David H. Hackworth
• Understanding Vietnam ~ Neil L. Jamieson
• Vietnam: A History ~ Stanley Karnow
• Voices of the Vietnam POWs: Witnesses to Their Flight ~ Craig Howes
• Where We Were in Vietnam: A Comprehensive Guide to the Firebases, Military Installations and Naval Vessels of the Vietnam War, 1945-1975 ~ Michael P. Kelley

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