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CASE SYNOPSIS: GOLTZ, JOHN BRYAN
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Name: John Bryan Golz
Rank/Branch: Lieutenant, JG USN
Unit:
Date of Birth: 19 July 1945
Home City of Record: Rock Island IL
Loss Date: 22 Apri 1970
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 155904N 1064053E
Status (in 1973): Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: A4C
Other Personnel in
Incident: (none missing on A4)
SYNOPSIS: LtJG John B. Golz was flying on a bombing raid over the Ho Chi Minh
Trail in Laos on April 22, 1970, when his plane crashed and exploded when
struck by enemy fire. His family holds little hope that John survived the
incident, and feels that he was probably dead before he hit the ground. The
alternative, they say, thinking of him as a prisoner for all those years,
would be unbearable. They feel they may have more peace of mind than other
families.
The Golz family is lucky to have information that indicates their son is dead.
Nearly 600 Americans were lost in Laos, and even those who were known to be
alive on the ground and captured, disappeared without a trace. The Lao made
public statements that they held prisoners, and that they would be released
only from Laos, yet no agreement was ever made with the Lao regarding American
prisoners.
In the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975, refugees have fled
Southeast Asia, bringing with them reports of Americans still alive and in
captivity in their homelands. By early 1987, the number of these reports
topped the 5000 mark. A committee charged with investigating Defense Intelli-
gence Agency, the entity charged with analysis of these reports, concluded
that there was a strong possiblity that Americans were being held against
their will.
John Golz was willing to die trying to keep a little nation free from
communism. How much more willing he would be to fly one more mission for
those of his comrades who were left behind in the hands of those communists.
The Reagan administration has stated that the resolution of the POW/MIA issue
is one of "highest national priority". President Nixon said the same thing.
These words have no meaning to the hundreds of Americans thought to be still
alive. They need to be brought home.