ADAIR, SAMUEL YOUNG JR.

REMAINS RETURNED 741106 ID'd 750626

Name: Samuel Young Adair Jr.
Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O3
Unit: 390 TFS DaNang
Date of Birth: 04 July 1941
Home City of Record: Madison GA
Date of Loss: 12 May 1972
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 165422 North 1065240 East
Status (in 1973): BR
Category:  4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4E
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: Dennis Cressey, remains returned
Refno: 1857

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2025

REMARKS:

PILOT/CRASHED QUANG TRI

No further information available at this time.

 

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Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 16:45:34 -0400
From: stephanie mancini <stephaniemancini@yahoo.com>


I have my POW bracelet with Captain Sam Y Adair Junior
I just looked up on the POW site that his remains were found and I am just learning this now. I would like to see this bracelet placed at the memorial in Washington DC or if there are any family members that would like to have it, I would be more than glad to send it to you. My name is Stephanie I live in New Jersey and really would like to see this bracelet finally come full circle.

Respectfully,
Stephanie

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MAJ SAMUEL YOUNG ADAIR JR.

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On June 26, 1975, the Central Identification Laboratory–Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Samuel Young Adair Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Adair entered the U.S. Air Force from Georgia and served with the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. On May 12, 1972, he piloted an F-4E Phantom II (tail number unknown) that took off from Da Nang Air Base on a forward air control mission over Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. The aircraft crashed for unknown reasons and Maj Adair did not survive the incident. Aerial searches failed to locate the crash site, and his body was not recovered at the time. In 1974, a U.S. search team located the crash site and recovered human remains that U.S. analysts eventually identified as those of Maj Adair.

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