Russell Arden Poor

Vietnam War
Unit41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromWarsaw Indiana
Date of DeathFebruary 4 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Poor was a member of the 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Takhli Air Base, Thailand. On February 4, 1967, he was a crew member of a Douglas Destroyer Electronic Surveillance Aircraft (EB-66C) on an a strike against the Thai Nguyen Army Depot, 32 miles northwest of Thai Nguyen, Bac Thai Province, North Vietnam. About 40 miles from the Chinese border, his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on April 14, 2007 and identified on May 26, 2008. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.