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CASE SYNOPSIS: HARVEY, JACK ROCKWOOD
Name: Jack Rockwood Harvey
Rank/Branch: O2/USAF
Unit: Udorn Airfield, Thailand
Date of Birth: 14 September 1947
Home City of Record: Gardner ME
Loss Date: 28 November 1972
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 161500N 1080000E (ZC065915)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Other Personnel In Incident: Bobby M. Jones (missing)
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: On November 28, 1972, Jack Harvey and Bobby Jones were flying an F4D
Phantom jet on a non-combat flight from their base at Udorn, Thailand to Da
Nang, South Vietnam. The purpose of the mission was to log flight hours for
Jones to maintain his Flight Surgeon status.
Shortly before arriving at Da Nang, when the aircraft was about 18 miles
northwest of its destination, it disappeared from the radar screen without any
voice contact. A few hours later, emergency signals were heard, but rescue
efforts were hampered by monsoon rains and enemy held territory. When search
teams were able to enter the area three days later, they did not locate the
crew of the F4D. No further word has surfaced on either Harvey or Jones.
Examination of intelligence reports indicate that there was more than one
prison "system" in Vietnam. Those prisoners who were released in 1973 were
maintained in the same systems. If Harvey was captured and kept in another
system, the POWs who returned did not know it.
Now, nearly 20 years later, men like Harvey are all but forgotten except by
friends, family and fellow veterans. The U.S. "priority" placed on determining
their fates pales in comparison to the results it has achieved.
Since Harvey went missing, over 6000 reports have been received by the U.S.
that Americans are still being held captive in Southeast Asia. Whether Harvey
is among them is not known. What is certain, however, is that we, as a nation,
are guilty of the abandonment of nearly 2500 of our best and most courageous
men. We cannot forget, and must do everything in our power to bring these men
home.