"The wall goes by the date of death...starting at the outer wings and working in toward the vertex at the center. And, of course, all the B-52 crews are right there at the end. and, you know, as a B-52 crew member, that kind of tells you that we ended the thing. We know we did...
And I think to a man, everyone that has flown in that Linebacker, 11 day operation, and that - we're talking not just B-52s, we're talking the entire support package, you know, the Wild Weasels, the fighters the MIG CAP, the Navy, the ECM, the airborne radar, AWACS, a whole bunch of people involved in that. I think they all felt that we ended it."
-- John Petelin
B-52 G "Charcoal 01"
340th BS, 97th BW, 72nd SW
Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION
|
NAME
|
STATUS |
Pilot |
Lt. Col. Donald L. Rissi  |
KIA |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. Robert J. Thomas
 |
KIA |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Richard E. Johnson
|
POW |
Navigator |
Capt. Robert G. Certain
|
POW |
EWO |
Capt. Richard T. Simpson |
POW |
Gunner |
MSgt. Walter L. Ferguson
 |
KIA |
B-52 G "Peach 02"
2nd BW, 72nd SW
Barksdale AFB, LA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Major Clifford B. Ashley
|
Recovered |
Co-Pilot
|
Capt. Gary L. Vickers
|
Recovered |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Archie C. Myers
|
Recovered |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Forrest E. Stegelin
|
Recovered |
EWO |
Capt. James T. Tramel
|
Recovered |
Gunner |
MSgt. Kenneth E. Conner
|
Recovered |
Deputy Airborne Commander
|
Lt. Col. Hendsley R. Conner
|
Recovered |
B-52 D "Rose 01"
99th BW, 307th SW
Westover AFB, MA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Hal K. Wilson
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Charles A. Brown
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Fernando Alexander
|
POW |
Navigator |
Capt. Richard Cooper
 |
KIA |
EWO |
Capt Henry C. Barrows
|
POW |
Gunner |
TSgt. Charlie S. Poole
 |
KIA |
F-111A "Snug 40"
430th TFS, 474th TFW
Takhli, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Col. Ronald Jack Ward
 |
KIA |
|
Major James Richard McElvain
 |
KIA |
A-7C
VA-82, USN
USS America
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Carl T. Wieland
|
POW |
OV - 10 A
20 TASS, 6498 ABW
Da Nang, South Vietnam
POSITION
|
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Francis Xavier Egan
|
KIA |
Observer |
1st Lt. Jonathan F. Patterson
|
Recovered |
B-52 G "Quilt 03"
456th BW, 72nd SW
Beale AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Terry M. Geloneck
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. William Y. Arcuri
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Capt. Warren R. Spencer
 |
KIA |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Michael R. Martini
|
POW |
EWO |
Capt. Craig A. Paul
|
KIA |
Gunner |
SSgt. Roy Madden
|
POW |
B-52 G "Brass 02"
42nd BW, 72nd SW
Loring AFB, MA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. John D. Ellinger
|
Recovered |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Lawrence A Casazza
|
Recovered |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Charles E. Archie
|
Recovered |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Robert A Clement
|
Recovered |
EWO |
Capt. Silverio A. Barroqueiro
|
Recovered |
Gunner |
TSgt. George H Schryer
|
Recovered |
B-52 D "Orange 03"
99th BW, 307th SW
Westover AFB, MA; Utapao, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Major John F. Stuart
|
MIA |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. Paul L. Granger
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Randolph A. Perry
 |
KIA |
Navigator |
Capt. Thomas J. Klomann
|
POW |
EWO |
Capt. Irwin S. Lerner
|
KIA |
Gunner |
MSgt. Arthur V. McLaughlin
 |
KIA/MIA |
B-52 D "Straw 02"
306th BW, 43rd SW
March AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Deverl H. Johnson
|
Recovered |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. James T. Farmer
|
Recovered |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Frank A Gould
 |
MIA |
Navigator |
Capt. Vincent F. Russo
|
Recovered |
EWO |
Capt. Paul J. Fairbanks
|
Recovered |
Gunner |
TSgt. James R. Barclift
|
Recovered |
B-52 G "Olive 01"
92nd BW, 72nd SW
Fairchild AFB, WA; Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Lt. Col. James Y. Nagahiro
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Donovan K. Walters
|
KIA |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Edward H. Johnson
|
KIA |
Navigator |
Capt. Lynn R. Beens
|
POW |
EWO |
Capt. Robert R. Lynn
|
KIA |
Gunner |
A1C Charles J Bebus
|
KIA |
Deputy Airborne Commander
|
Lt. Col. Keith R. Heggen
|
POW - died after capture
|
B-52 G "Tan 03"
97th BW, 72nd SW
Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Randall J. Craddock 
|
KIA |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. George B. Lockhart 
|
KIA |
Radar Navigator
|
Major Bobby A. Kirby 
|
KIA |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Charles E. Darr 
|
KIA |
EWO |
Capt. Ronald D. Perry 
|
KIA |
Gunner |
SSgt. James L. Lollar
|
POW |
A-6 A
VA-196, USN
USS Enterprise
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Cdr. Gordon R. Nakagawa
|
POW |
|
Lt. Kenneth Hill Higdon
|
POW |
B-52 D "Scarlet 03"
22nd BW, 307th SW
March AFB, CA; Utapao, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Peter J. Giroux
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Thomas W. Bennet, Jr 
|
KIA |
Radar Navigator
|
Lt Col. Gerald W. Alley 
|
KIA |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Joe Copack, Jr 
|
KIA |
EWO |
Capt. Peter P. Camerota
|
POW |
Gunner |
MSgt. Louis L. LeBlanc
|
POW |
B-52 D "Blue 01"
7th BW, 307th SW
Carswell AFB, TX; Utapao, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Lt. Col. John H. Yuill
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. David L. Drummond
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Lt. Col. Louis H. Bernasconi
|
POW |
Navigator |
1st Lt. William T. Mayall
|
POW |
EWO |
Lt. Col. William W. Conlee
|
POW |
Gunner |
SSgt. Gary L. Morgan
|
POW |
A-6 A
VA-75, USN
USS Saratoga
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Cdr Robert Stewart Graustein  |
KIA |
|
Lt Cdr Barton Scott Wade
|
KIA |
AC-130 A
16th SOS, 56th SOW
Ubon, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Capt. Harry Roy Lagerwall 
|
KIA |
|
Capt. Stanley Neal Kroboth 
|
KIA |
|
Major Paul Oswald Meder
|
KIA |
|
Major Francis Anthony Walsh, Jr 
|
KIA |
|
Capt. Joel Ray Birch 
|
KIA |
|
Capt. Thomas Trammell Hart, III 
|
KIA |
|
Capt. Robert Leonel Liles, Jr. 
|
KIA |
|
2nd Lt. George D. MacDonald
|
KIA |
|
1st Lt. Delma Ernest Dickens 
|
KIA |
|
A1C Charles Frederick Fenter
|
KIA |
|
TSgt. Robert Thomas Elliott 
|
KIA |
|
TSgt. John Quitman Winningham 
|
KIA |
|
A1C Rollie Keith Reaid 
|
KIA |
|
Sgt. Richard Williams
|
Recovered |
|
Sgt. Carl E. Stevens
|
Recovered |
F-111 A "Jackal 33"
429th TFS, 474th TFW
Takhli, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Capt. Robert D. Sponeybarger
|
POW |
|
1st Lt. William W. Wilson
|
POW |
F-4 J
VMFA-333, USMC
USS America
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Col. John K Cochran
|
Recovered |
|
Major H.S. Carr
|
Recovered |
EB-66 E
42nd TEWS, 388th TFS
Korat, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Major Henry James Repeta 
|
KIA |
|
Major George Frederick Sasser 
|
KIA |
|
Capt. William Robert Baldwin 
|
KIA |
A-7 D
353rd TFS, 354th TFW
Korat, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Mid-air collision with Raven 01 - "Bird Dog"
|
Capt. Charles Francis Riess
|
POW |
|
Capt. Paul Vernon Jackson, III 
|
KIA |
A-7 E
VA-113, USN
USS Ranger
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Philip Spratt Clark, Jr. 
|
KIA |
B-52 D "Ebony 02"
449th BW, 307th SW
Kincheloe AFB, MI; Seymour Johnson AFB, NC; Utapao, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Robert J. Morris, Jr. 
|
KIA |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. Robert M. Hudson
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Capt. Michael H. LaBeau
|
POW |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Duane P. Vavroch
|
POW |
EWO |
Major Nutter J. Wimbrow, III 
|
KIA |
Gunner |
TSgt. James R.Cook
|
POW |
B-52 D "Ash 01"
22nd BW, 307th SW
Robins AFB, GA; Westover AFB, MA; Utapao Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. James M. Turner 
|
KIA |
Co-Pilot |
1st Lt. Robert J. Hymel
|
Recovered |
Radar Navigator
|
Lt. Col. Donald A Joyner 
|
KIA |
Navigator |
Major Lawrence J. Marshall 
|
KIA |
EWO |
Capt. Roy T. Tabler 
|
KIA |
Gunner |
TSgt. Spencer L. Grippin 
|
Recovered |
B-52 D "Cobalt 01"
7th BW, 43rd SW
Mather AFB, CA; March AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. Frank D. Lewis
|
POW |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Samuel B. Cusimano
|
POW |
Radar Navigator
|
Major James C. Condon
|
POW |
Navigator |
1st Lt. Ben L. Fryer
|
KIA |
EWO |
Major Allen L Johnson
|
KIA |
Gunner |
MSgt. James C. Gough
|
POW |
B-52 D "Ash 02"
28th BW, 307th SW
Ellsworth AFB, SD; Carswell AFB, TX; Utapao, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
Pilot |
Capt. John Mize
|
Recovered |
Co-Pilot |
Capt. Terrence J. Gruters
|
Recovered |
Radar Navigator
|
Capt. William E. North
|
Recovered |
Navigator |
1st Lt. William L. Robinson
|
Recovered |
EWO |
Capt. Dennis W. Anderson
|
Recovered |
Gunner |
TSgt. Peter E. Whalen
|
Recovered |
F-4 E "Desoto 03 "
13th TFS, 432nd TRW
Udorn, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Major Carl H. Jeffcoat
|
POW |
|
1st Lt. Jack R. Trimble
|
POW |
HH-53 "Jolly 73 (1)
40th ARRS
Nakon Phanom, Thailand
AC |
Rick Shapiro |
Recovered |
Co-Pilot |
Miguel Pierra
|
Recovered |
Flight Engineer |
Chuck Rouhier |
Recovered |
PJ |
John Carlson |
Recovered |
PJ |
Robert Jones |
Recovered |
Photographer |
Jim Cockerill |
Recovered |
F-4E "Vega 02"
Udorn AB, Thailand
|
Capt John Wesley Anderson |
POW |
|
1st Lt Brian Ward |
POW |
A-6 A
VMA (AW)-533, MAG-15, USMC
Nam Phong, Thailand
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Capt. Ralph Jim Chipman
|
KIA |
|
1st Lt. Ronald Wayne Forrester
|
KIA |
RA-5C
RVAH-13, USN
USS Enterprise
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Lt. Cdr Alfred Howard Agnew
|
POW |
|
Lt. Michael Firestone Haifley 
|
KIA |
EA-6 A
VMCJ-2, USMC
NAS Cubi Point, Phillippines
POSITION |
NAME |
STATUS |
|
Capt. Hal L. Baker
|
Recovered |
Co-Pilot |
MSgt. Frederick E. Killebres
|
Recovered |
You'll walk unscathed through musket fire,
No ploughman's blade will cut thee down,
No cutless wound will mark thy face
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love
And as you walk through death's dark veil,
The cannon's thunder can't prevail,
And those who hunt thee down will fail,
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love.
Asleep inside the cannon's mouth,
The captain cries, "Here comes the rout,"
They'll seek to find me north and south,
I've gone to find my ain true love.
The field is cut and bleeds to red.
The cannon balls fly round my head,
The infirmary man may count me dead,
When I've gone to find my ain true love,
I've gone to find my ain true love
"You Will Be My Ain True Love"
~Allison Krauss, Sting