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Chicago soldier was aboard plane that vanished on the way to Vietnam in 1962 RADIO.COM 3 hrs ago © Provided by RADIO.COM prop airliner plane CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) —Fifty-nine years after a plane disappeared on a military mission to Vietnam, a memorial will be unveiled this weekend to honor the 93 American soldiers who were on board, including a Chicago Army private. It was Flying Tiger Line Flight 739. The prop airliner, a Lockheed Constellation, had just refueled in Guam before it disappeared on March 16, 1962 over the Pacific. One of the 93 American Army electronics and communicat...

In 1962, Flight 739 disappeared over the Pacific. Grieving families still want answers. Jim Mendoza © Provided by Honolulu KHNL In 1962, a transport airliner disappeared with 93 U.S. soldiers aboard, including two men from Hawaii. It's suspected Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 crashed in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and the Philippines. HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - On March 16, 1962, three years before the US entered the Vietnam War, a transport airliner from the Flying Tiger Line was bound for Saigon. Between Guam and the Philippines, it suddenly disappeared. Jennifer...

In 1962, Flight 739 disappeared over the Pacific. Grieving families still want answers. Jim Mendoza © Provided by Honolulu KHNL In 1962, a transport airliner disappeared with 93 U.S. soldiers aboard, including two men from Hawaii. It's suspected Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 crashed in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and the Philippines. HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - On March 16, 1962, three years before the US entered the Vietnam War, a transport airliner from the Flying Tiger Line was bound for Saigon. Between Guam and the Philippines, it suddenly disappeared. Jennifer...

In 1962, Flight 739 disappeared over the Pacific. Grieving families still want answers. Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - On March 16, 1962, three years before the US entered the Vietnam War, a transport airliner from the Flying Tiger Line was bound for Saigon. Between Guam and the Philippines, it suddenly disappeared. Jennifer Kirk’s uncle, Army soldier Donald Sargent, was on board. “I think for the families it’s the unknown, not knowing what happened to that plane. What was there mission? Where were they going?” she said. An ocean tanker reported...

SC man was on top secret Army flight lost at sea. Families still wonder why they died Lyn Riddle, The State (Columbia, S.C.) Apr. 29—The full-length bronze memorial on the empty grave in Pickens hints at how Ross Walker died. "Perished over the Pacific Ocean," says the marker at Hillcrest Memorial Park. That is all the Walker family and the families of 92 other servicemen aboard Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 know. The military charter jet on route to Saigon was lost over the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean on March 15, 1962, three years before President Lyndon Johnson sent ...