Birth 11SEP36 Rank CDR Date of Event 07JAN70 P. of birth  Baker, OR Service Navy Place LZ Laos Town of Record La Grande Unit ATKON 86, USS CORAL SEA (CVA 43) Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 542368085 Panel 14WEST - 08 Married Married Declared Dead 16NOV78 Medals Purple Heart  MIA BNR Comment   Cemetery

On 7 January 1970, then Lt. Cmdr. Michael Hoff was the pilot of an A7A in a flight of aircraft that launched from the deck of the USS Coral Sea. The flight section's mission was an armed reconnaissance over an area of eastern Laos that was considered a major artery of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail. When North Vietnam began to increase its military strength in South Vietnam, NVA and Viet Cong troops again intruded on neutral Laos for sanctuary, as the Viet Minh had done during the war with the French some years before. This border road was used by the Communists to transport weapons, supplies and troops from North Vietnam into South Vietnam, and was frequently no more than a path cut through the jungle covered mountains. US forces used all assets available to them to stop this flow of men and supplies from moving south into the war zone.

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    PHILIP EDWIN SMITH Jr

Birth 24MAR49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 17JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Ba Xugen S. Vietnam Town of Record Waldport Unit 1st Avn Bde 121st Avn Co 13th Avn Bn 164th Avn Grp Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 542609697 Panel 14WEST - 41  Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 23FEB69  Comment   Cemetery

    MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZ

Birth 31MAR49 Rank 2LT Date of Death 21JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Roseburg Unit 198th LIB B Co 5th Bn 46th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 543581279 Panel 14WEST - 52  Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 13OCT69  Comment   Cemetery

    RICHARD JOSEPH MALLON

Birth 28SEP42 Rank CPT Date of Event 28JAN70 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place NZ N. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 354 TAC FTR SQD 355 TAC FTR WG Takhli Airbase, Thailand Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 542442320 Panel 14WEST - 76 Married Single Declared Dead 23SEP75 Medals Purple Heart  MIA ret15DEC88/ id18APR89 Comment   Cemetery

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    DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTI

Birth 06MAR51 Rank PFC Date of Death 30JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Milwaukie Unit 1st Cav Div B Co 2nd Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 542624175 Panel 14WEST - 82  Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 10DEC69  Comment   Cemetery

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