MENGES, GEORGE BRUCE
REMAINS RETURNED 09/80 BY INDIGENOUS
Name: George Bruce Menges
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O2
Unit:
Date of Birth: 14 September 1938
Home City of Record: MAPLE HEIGHTS OH
Date of Loss: 02 January 1967
Country of Loss: LAOS
Loss Coordinates: 172400 North 1054300 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: O1F
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0558
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. 2020
REMARKS:
REMAINS RETURNED 09/80 BY INDIGENOUS
Remains held at CILHI until family accepted ID 10/10/89
CACCF/CRASH/AIRCREW
No further information available at this time.
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01/2020
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On April 30, 1982, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii
(CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major George Bruce
Menges, missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Menges entered the U.S. Air Force from Ohio and served
with the 25th Tactical Air Support Squadron. On January 2, 1967,
he piloted an O-1F Bird Dog (serial number 57-2858) on a visual
reconnaissance mission over Laos. During the mission, the Bird
Dog was shot down, killing Maj Menges. Enemy presence in the
area prevented search efforts at the time. However, in 1980, his
remains were recovered by U.S. authorities, and in 1982,
analysts were able to identify them.
Major Menges is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.