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Name:
James Sheppard Morgan |
Other Personnel in Incident: Charles J. Huneycutt
(remains returned); from other F4C: James A. Crew; Kelly F. Cook
(both missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project
(919/527-8079) 01 April 1991 from one or more of the following:
raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Copyright
1991 Homecoming II Project.
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SYNOPSIS: On November 10, 1967, Lt.Col. Kelly F.
Cook, pilot, and 1Lt. James A. Crew, bombadier/navigator were the
crew of one F4C in a flight of two which departed Da Nang
Airbase, South Vietnam on an operational mission. The crew of the
second aircraft was the pilot, Maj. James S. Morgan, and the
rear-seater, 1Lt. Charles J. Huneycutt.
Both F4's were tracked to their target area of Dong Hoa in North
Vietnam, but because of incliment weather, were directed to an
alternate target nearby. Positive radar and radio contact was
maintained with the aircrafts until the point when their bombing
dives were to begin. All contact was then lost.
Electronic searches were negative. Ground search was not
conducted since the incident occurred over heavily defended
territory about 14 miles southeast of Dong Hoi on the coast of
North Vietnam. All four men aboard were classified Missing in
Action.
A North Vietnamese general was quoted in an article saying a
women's militia shot down two F4C recon planes that same day and
captured "both bandits" alive. As four, not two,
individuals are concerned in this incident, it is unclear which
of the four the article could relate to. However, according to a
1974 publication from a POW organization named FACK, the Defense
Department acknowledged at one time that James A. Crew was,
indeed, a prisoner of war. His status was hot, however, changed
from Missing in Action. According to a 1974 list published by the
National League of Families, Charles J. Huneycutt survived his
loss incident.
In the Peace agreements signed in Paris in 1973, the
Vietnamese pledged to release all American prisoners of war and
account for the missing. They have done neither. The U.S.
Government has named the return and full accounting of Americans
"highest national priority", yet has dealt with the
issue with less than high priority.
In 1988, the Vietnamese "discovered" and returned to
U.S. control the remains of 1Lt. Charles J. Huneycutt, Jr. The
other three pilots lost on November 10, 1967 remain missing, and
the Vietnamese deny knowledge of their fates. For 21 years,
Huneycutt was a Prisoner of War - whether he was alive or dead.
Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports relating to Americans
missing in Southeast Asia have been received by the U.S. Many
authorities are convinced that there are still hundreds of
Americans alive, held captive. Cook, Crew, and Morgan could be
among them. They and the others who remain missing deserve the
full effort of their country to bring them home.
Kelly F. Cook was an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy
prior to volunteering for Vietnam service.
James A. Crew graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1965.
James S. Morgan's wife, Eleanor died of cancer in 1985, not
knowing the fate of her husband.
As long as even one
American remains alive, held against his will, we must do
everything possible to bring him home alive.
POW/MIA Data &
Bios supplied by the P.O.W.
NETWORK Skidmore, MO.
USA