Vietnam War Memorial, Guernsey County Courthouse, Cambridge, OH, USA
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Guernsey County, Ohio, Vietnam War memorial on the lawn of the County Courthouse at Wheeling Avenue and West 8th Street in Cambridge.
Waymark Code: WM7K6D
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2009
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IN MEMORY OF PERSONS FROM
GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO, WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
DURING THE PERIOD OF THE
VIETNAM CONFLICT.
ROBERT A. AUSMUS
CLIFFORD E. BENCH
JAMES S. BRISTLER
DONALD E. CHAMBERS
JAMES DAVIS
DAVID LEE DOYLE
CARL R. MARBIN, JR.
DALE R. HOOD
JERRY LEE HURLEY
JOSEPH L. KANE
JOHN E. LEASURE
JAMES E. MILLGAN
DENNIS L. PHILLIPS
JAMES D. SNYDER
JOHN R. STASHONSKY
GARRY L. UPLINGER
AMORY D. VOORHIES
CHARLES M. WAYT
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JAMES W. REED (MIA)
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Capt. James W. "Bill" Reed was a pilot assigned to the 555th
Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On July 24, 1970, he
and his navigator, 1Lt. Donald B. Bloodworth were assigned an operational
mission over Laos in their F4D Phantom fighter/bomber.
Their mission that day took them over the Plaine des Jarres (Plain of Jars)
region of northern Laos in Xiangkhoang Province. As the aircraft was making
a strafing pass over a communist truck convoy, it took enemy fire. The crew
of a C123 observed the Phantom crash after it had made its pass over the
target, but no one saw parachutes before seeing a huge explosion, and no
recognizable aircraft parts were found. No emergency radio beeper signals
were heard. Nevertheless, there remained the possibility that the men safely
ejected.
Bloodworth was listed Missing In Action, Category 1, which means that the
U.S. is certain the enemy knows what happened to him. As backseater, he
would have been first to eject from the crippled plane, so he would not
necessarily land close to his pilot. Bill Reed is Missing In Action,
Category 2, meaning there is strong reason to suspect the enemy knows his
fate.
Reed and Bloodworth are among nearly 600 Americans who disappeared in Laos
during the Vietnam war. As Laos did not take part in the agreements that
ended American involvement in Indochina, no prisoner release was ever
negotiated with Laos. Although the Pathet Lao stated on several occasions
that they held "tens of tens" of American prisoners, not one man held in
Laos has ever been released, and no agreement has been reached to free them.
Donald B. Bloodworth was promoted to the rank of Captain and James W. Reed
was promoted to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained
missing.
(Information courtesy of www.pownetwork.org)
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