MARVIN LEE FOSTER was born on December 12, 1929, Willow, OK and joined the Armed Forces while in HUBBARD, TX.

He served in the Army, USAR SC CDC LIAISON DET HQ
USA, and attained the rank of LTC/O5.

MARVIN LEE FOSTER is listed as Missing in Action since March 16, 1969. In 1978 his status was changed to Presumptive finding of death.

MARVIN LEE FOSTER is honored on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 29W, Row 52.
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/f/f059.htm
http://www.viethero.com/HeroF/F_1Page1295.html
http://www.viewthewall.com

CHRISTOPHER "STEVE" BRYANT was born on November 22, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in MANGUM, OK.

He served as a 0311 in the Marines. In 1 year of
service, he attained the rank of PFC/E2.

On May 17, 1968, at the age of 19, STEVE
BRYANT perished in the service of our country in South
Vietnam, Quang Nam. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mangum.

CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN BRYANT is honored on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 61E, Row 24.
http://www.viethero.com/Wall/panelE61.html

http://www.viewthewall.com

HAROLD LAMONDE CURRY, Master Sargeant, Mangum, Oklahoma, was among 107 killed March 16, 1962.

All aboard this plane are not officially listed as Killed In Action, Missing In Action or Prisoners Of War by the Department of Defense. The names of the 107 are listed at this website http://www.geocities.com/nau6/contents.html.

This flight originated at Travis AFB, California. The plane was owned by (FTL) Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, CA. The plane (Registry number N6921C; FTL Flight 7815/14), and Civilan Crew of 11, were contracted out by the Air Force (under Public Works Contract number A.F. 11-626-389; Air Force Service Order number 29) to transport 93 U.S. ARMY Special Forces Rangers & 3 Vietnamese Nationalists to Saigon operating as (MATS) Military Air Transport Service (Charter Flight 739/14).

According to the Civil Aeronautics Board's (CAB) Accident Report, "The plane disappeared 1 1/2 hours after takeoff from Guam enroute to Saigon." And "the largest air/sea search" of that time "was initiated 5 hours after the plane's fuel exhaustion time." "The S/S T.L. Lenzen, a supertanker owned by Standard Oil, was in the vicinity and witnessed a vapor trail go behind a cloud," and then, what they thought was (according to the depositions of the crew) "a covert operation due to the low flying plane." The Accident Report continues, that the crew of the S/S T.L. Lenzen had also witnessed "a mid-air explosion at the approximate time & location of N6921C." The Accident Report concludes, "Due to the lack of any substantiating evidence the Board is unable to state with any degree of certainty the exact fate of N6921C."

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