Major Barclay Bingham Young served in the U.S. Air Force. Barclay served with the 16 SOS 8 TFW. Barclay served in the Vietnam War. Barclay was 33 years old.
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AC-130A Hercules gunship, tail number 55-0044, nicknamed Prometheus · 29 March 1972
Jungle foothills 56 miles east of Savannakhet, southern Laos
| Name | Rank | Born | Died | Age | Role | Chain | Grave | Dec | Insc | |
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| — | Irving Burns Ramsower II | LtCol O-5 | 1934-12-25 | 1972-03-29 | 37 | Pilot | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| Charles Joseph Wanzel III | Capt O-3 | 1947-07-31 | 1972-03-29 | 24 | Copilot | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 | |
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Henry Paul Brauner | LtCol O-5 | 1936-01-26 | 1972-03-29 | 36 | Navigator | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | 1 |
| — | Howard David Stephenson | LtCol O-5 | 1937-10-06 | 1972-03-29 | 34 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
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Curtis Daniel Miller | Maj O-4 | 1946-06-07 | 1972-03-29 | 25 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| Barclay Bingham Young | Maj O-4 | 1938-08-06 | 1972-03-29 | 33 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 | |
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Richard Castillo | LtCol O-5 | 1938-11-21 | 1972-03-29 | 33 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
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Richard Conroy Halpin | Capt O-3 | 1946-07-23 | 1972-03-29 | 25 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
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Merlyn Leroy Paulson | MSgt E-7 | 1936-06-19 | 1972-03-29 | 35 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| — | Edwin Jack Pearce | CMSgt E-9 | 1947-12-08 | 1972-03-29 | 24 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| — | Edward Dewilton Smith Jr. | SMSgt E-8 | 1944-11-29 | 1972-03-29 | 27 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| — | James Kenneth Caniford | SMSgt E-8 | 1948-08-26 | 1972-03-29 | 23 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| — | William Anthony Todd | MSgt E-7 | 1950-01-08 | 1972-03-29 | 22 | Crew | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
| Robert Eugene Simmons | MSgt E-7 | 1951-11-25 | 1972-03-29 | 20 | Weapons Mechanic | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 1 |
14 men recorded for this loss. A dash is a hole, not a fact.
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