| Date: 3 February 1966 |
| Aircraft type: C-123B Provider |
| Serial Number: 55-4537 |
| Military Unit: 311 ACS, 315 ACG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| Maj James Louis Carter (KIA) |
| Capt Wilbur Ronald Brown (KIA) |
| A1C Edward Milton Parsley (KIA) |
| A1C Therman Morris Waller (KIA) |
| Hostile action was suspected when a Provider disappeared on a short resupply flight between Khe Sanh and Dong Ha close to the DMZ. It is thought that four South Vietnamese troops were also on board the aircraft for the flight. Radio contact with the aircraft was lost and it was suspected to have come down about 10 miles from Khe Sanh, close to the border with Laos. An extensive search over the next three days failed to produce any sign of the aircraft or its crew. However, in 1999 villagers pinpointed the wreckage of an aircraft that was identified as a C-123. Four excavations were conducted by JPAC teams between 2000 and 2003 during which human remains were recovered. The remains were later confirmed through dental records to be those of Maj Carter. His remains were deposited in an individual grave in Arlington National Cemetery where he is also commemorated on a group memorial along with his crew members. Later the remains of the rest of the crew were also identified. The crew is commemorated on a group burial stone in Arlington National Cemetery which is also inscribed with the words “four unknown foreign nationals”, presumably the ARVN troops. |
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