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POSEY, GEORGE RAY
Name: George Ray Posey
Rank/Branch: E3/US Navy
Unit: U.S. Navy Support Activity, Da Nang
Date of Birth: 27 July 1948 (Fairfield IL)
Home City of Record: Anderson IN
Date of Loss: 05 September 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 161026N 1081427E (BT050900)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: YTB 779
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 30 June 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS: WASHED OVERBOARD
SYNOPSIS: Engineman/Fireman George R. Posey was assigned to U.S. Naval Activity
at Da Nang, South Vietnam. On September 6, 1968 he was a crewmember of Yard
Tugboat #779, sent to assist a Philippine tugboat which was in distress in the
South China Sea.
As Tugboat 779 was returning to the entrance of Da Nang Harbor, Engineman Posey
was washed overboard by a large wave. The nearest land at the time was three
miles away. The tugboat commenced an immediate search and sighted Posey in his
life jacket alive and riding high in the water.
Due to heavy seas, winds and limited visibility caused by heavy rains, the crew
was unsuccessful in their attempts to recover Posey. The search continued for
two hours, but because of the increasing intensity of the typhoon and the
imminent possibility of more crewmembers being washed overboard, the search was
terminated. The search was again commenced during the early evening of September
6th and continued until the 9th without ever finding Posey again.
George R. Posey was initially classified Missing in Action, but his status was
later changed to Determined Dead/Body Not Recovered on October 15, 1968.
Witnesses believe that George Posey drowned. Others who are missing do not have
such clear-cut cases. Some were known captives; some were photographed as they
were led by their guards. Some were in radio contact with search teams, while
others simply disappeared.
Since the war ended, over 250,000 interviews have been conducted with those who
claim to know about Americans still alive in Southeast Asia, and several million
documents have been studied. U.S. Government experts cannot seem to agree
whether Americans are there alive or not. Detractors say it would be far too
politically difficult to bring the men they believe to be alive home, and the
U.S. is content to negotiate for remains.
Well over 1000 first-hand, eye-witness reports of American prisoners still alive
in Southeast Asia have been received by 1990. Most of them are still classified.
If, as the U.S. seems to believe, the men are all dead, why the secrecy after so
many years? If the men are alive, why are they not home?