George Wendell Long

Vietnam War
Unit774th Tactical Airlift Squadron
RankAirman First Class U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMedicine Kansas
Date of DeathMay 12 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Airman First Class Long was a member of the 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron. On May 12, 1968, he was the loadmaster of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130B) trying to evacuate personnel from Kham Duc Special Forces Camp on the western fringes of Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam. As the aircraft took off it received hostile fire, exploded in mid-air and crashed in a fireball. His remains were recovered on June 9, 1993 and identified on May 14, 2008. His name is 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.