John Lee Espenshied
Colonel
558TH TAC FTR SQDN, 12TH TAC FTR WING, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
Delaware, Ohio
August 17, 1934 to March 21, 1979
(Incident Date October 21, 1969)
JOHN L ESPENSHIED is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 101

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19 Jan 2001

Remembered by his family, comrades, and friends.

Placed by his grandaughter,
Kim Lacombe
klacombek@aim.com

 
21 Oct 2007

Thirty-eight years ago today, John, you and Glen were declared as Missing in Action.

It seems that at least once a month as of late that I have been thinking about you both.

May the dear Lord give comfort to your two families.

From a friend,
Mike Dugan
E-mail address is not available.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 21 Oct 1969 Captain Glenn Cook, 21st TASS, and Major John Espenshied, 558th TFS, were aboard a Cessna O-2A observation aircraft (tail number 68-10975) controlling an air strike in the hills about 25 miles west of Nha Trang when the aircraft went down.

Although the general area of the loss was known - where the Provinces of Tuyen Duc, Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa meet - SAR efforts were unsuccessful and the wreckage was not found. Since there was way of knowing whether the two men had died or were captured, they were listed as Missing In Action.

Neither of the two was identified as a prisoner of war, nor were they released with other American POWs in 1973. In December 1988, the Vietnamese "discovered" the remains of an American and returned them to U.S. control on 23 January 1989. On 01 June 1989, the remains were identified as those of John Espenshied.

Captain Glenn Cook's remains have not been located.

Summarized from
the POW Network
and
the DoD POW/MIA Office

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