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ELLIOTT, ANDREW JOHN
Name: Andrew John Elliott
Rank/Branch: W2/US Army
Unit: Troop D, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 30 November 1941 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Home City of Record: Oakland CA (some records say Carmel CA)
Date of Loss: 09 June 1970
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 114302N 1061546E (XT376955)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: OH6A
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: The 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry provided ground reconnaissance for the
25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Troop D was its air cavalry troop, serving
mostly with the divisions 25th Aviation Battalion. In 1970, after having seen
combat in the Saigon area during the Tet offensive of 1968, the Division
continued its primary operations around Cu Chi, South Vietnam, and in the
spring of 1970 sent elements into Cambodia seeking North Vietnamese Army
sanctuaries.
W2 Andrew J. Elliot was a pilot assigned to Troop D, and on June 9, 1970 was
assigned a flight to a fire support base at Katum South Vietnam. Aboard the
OH6A "Loach" with Elliott were SP5 Stephen L. Gobry and SP4 Jerry W. McGlothen,
passengers.
When the aircraft was about half-way between Fire Support Base Santa Barbara
and Katum, WO Elliott radioed that he could not see the road nor Katum. He was
instructed by the command and control aircraft to go to Tay Ninh and shut down,
that everyone would be called to Koropey as soon as the weather cleared.
Elliott acknowledged and said, "I'm going to Tay Ninh at this time." This was
the last communication with Elliott.
After it was determined that WO Elliott's aircraft was missing, a full scale
search effort was initiated and continued for 5 days. On June 24, the wreckage
was found and recovery teams inserted into the crash site. The bodies of Gobry
and McGlothlen were recovered and positively identified. About 50 meters from
the crash site, near the body of McGlothlen, a helmet and chest protector
belonging to Elliott were found. It appeared that the body had been dragged to
this position from the crash site. A search team remained on the ground 4 days,
but were never able to find any trace of Elliott. He was listed Missing in
Action.
Whether Elliott survived the crash to be captured was never learned for
certain. In 1973, when 591 Americans were released from POW camps in Vietnam,
Elliott was not among them.
Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports have been received by the U.S.
Government relating to missing Americans in Southeast Asia. Most authorities
agree that Americans are still alive today, held against their will. Few agree
on methods to bring them home.