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ROBINSON, EDWARD Name: Edward Robinson Rank/Branch: E6/US Army Unit: 175th RR Company, 303rd RR Battalion, 509th RR Group Date of Birth: 22 March 1942 Home City of Record: Kansas City MO Date of Loss: 09 March 1970 Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water Loss Coordinates: 084357N 1062745E (XQ792656) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Raft Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing) REMARKS: SYNOPSIS: SP6 Edward Robinson a member of the 175th Radio Research Company, 303rd Radio Research Battalion, 509th Radio Research (RR) Group. "Radio Research" was actually a secret cover designation for certain units operating under the direction of the U.S. Army Security Agency Group, Vietnam. All missions of this agency were highly classified. Robinson's unit apparently operated under USASA through its 303rd Battalion headquarters at Long Binh. All of the missions of the 303rd Battalion were classified during the war. On March 9, 1970, SP6 Robinson was on Temporary Duty assignment (TDY) to Detachment 2, 175th Radio Research Company on Con Son Island 60 miles off the southern coast of South Vietnam, the location of the Coast Guard NORAN station. He was off duty and went for a swim at the beach. That same day, SP5 Leon A. Jones went swimming about 1400 hours. He noticed some military clothing on the beach (which was later determined to be Robinson's), and an individual out in the bay about 1/2 mile offshore. At 1605 hours a Vietnamese national reported that he had seen an individual on a raft making gestures indicating that he needed help. It was determined that the individual was probably SP6 Robinson as all other members of the detachment were present. At about 1630 hours a boat from the NORAN station was launched and retrieved the raft without SP6 Robinson from that vicinity. An extensive search was conducted until dark and resumed the following day and continued until 18 March, without success. Robinson's is one of the unfortunate accidental deaths that occur wherever people are. The fact that he died an accidental death in the midst of war is tragically ironic. He is listed among the missing with honor, because his body was never found to be returned to the country he served. 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. Distractors 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. Over 1000 eye-witness reports of living American prisoners were received by 1989. 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?
DUNN, MICHAEL EDWARD Name: Michael Edward Dunn Rank/Branch: O3/US Navy Unit: Attack Squadron 165, USS RANGER (CVA 61) Date of Birth: 06 July 1941 (San Fernanco, Trinidad) Home City of Record: Napersville IL (resident of Puerto Rico) Date of Loss: 26 January 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 184400N 1054000E Status (in 1973): Missing In Action Category: 4 Acft/Vehicle/Ground: A6A Others in Incident: Norman E. Eidsmoe (missing) Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April 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: SYNOPSIS: The Grumman A6 Intruder is a two-man all weather, low-altitude, carrier based attack plane, with versions adapted as aerial tanker and electronic warfare platform. The A6A primarily flew close-air-support, all-weather and night attacks on enemy troop concentrations, and night interdiction missions. Its advanced navigation and attack system, known as DIANE (Digital Integrated Attack Navigation Equipment) allowed small precision targets, such as bridges, barracks and fuel depots to be located and attacked in all weather conditions, day or night. The planes were credited with some of the most difficult single-plane strikes in the war, including the destruction of the Hai Duong bridge between Hanoi and Haiphong. Their missions were tough, but their crews among the most talented and most courageous to serve the United States. LCDR Norman E. Eidsmoe was a pilot assigned to Attack Squadron 165 onboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER. On January 26, 1968, Eidsmoe launched with his Bombardier/Navigator (BN) from the carrier in their A6A Intruder attack aircraft on a low-level, single-plane, night strike mission into North Vietnam. Two A4 Skyhawk and two A7 Corsair attack aircraft were scheduled to provide mission support if required. The flight proceeded normally to the initial run-in point at the coast. The flight was tracked inbound to approximately 5 miles from the target at which time radar contact was lost dur to low altitude and distance from tracking stations. Support aircraft remained on station about 30 minutes, waiting for the attack aircraft to regain radio contact at the designated time and position upon egress from the target area. The support aircraft neither heard no saw the strike aircraft again. No radio contact of any kind was heard from the aircraft. The UHF radio "guard" frequency was monitored by all the support aircraft until low fuel states required their return to ship. No surface-to-air missile (SAM) launches were received and no anti-aircraft fire was noted by the support aircraft, even though there were known enemy defenses in the target area including automatic weapons, light and medium anti-aircraft artillery and one known SAM site. The search and rescue (SAR) expanded the following day with the sortie of two RA5C Vigilante reconnaissance aircraft. The electronic and photographic search produced no significant findings. It was later determined that the aircraft had crashed approximately 7 kilometers north of the city of Vinh, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam. Eidsmoe and Dunn were declared Missing in Action. When 591 Americans were returned at the end of the war, Dunn and Eidsmoe were not among them. Unlike "MIAs" from other wars, many of the over 2300 who remain missing for can be accounted for. And, tragically, thousands of reports have amassed indicating that some are still held prisoner against their will. Whether Dunn survived the downing of his plane that day in January 1968 is unknown. What is clear, however, is that someone knows what happened to him. It's time we learned his fate, and brought all our men home. Michael E. Dunn graduated from Texas A & M in 1963. He was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during the period he was maintained missing. Norman E. Eidsmoe was promoted to the rank of Commander during the period he was maintained missing.
