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My MIA's Name and Info |
Synopsis of Loss Report |
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Gary Bernard Scull |
On March 12, 1970 2Lt. Gary B. Scull was serving as assistant battalion advisor to the ARVN 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment. On March 11, 2Lt. Scull had been assigned to an ARVN outpost which was responsible for guarding the Khe Gio Bridge south of Khe Sanh nar the Laos border. The outpost was protected by 1 U.S. manned M42 self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles. At about 0125 hours, the outpost came under enemy attack with Scull's bunker being hit and catching fire. After the attack started, no one saw Scull, although an ARVN officer and one of the U.S. crewmen attempted to locate him on separate occasions. At 0415 hours, the surviving U.S. soldiers evacuated the outpost. At 0700 hours, an ARVN company with U.S. advisors retook the outpost and made a search of the area for survivors and remains, but no sign of Scull was found. In December 1974, a NVA rallier reported that in June 1971 he saw a U.S. POW in the vicinity of the outpost. The rallier's description of the POW and the circumstances of capture of the POW match the incident involving Scull and the attack on the outpost. Although intelligence analysts believe this report "matches" Scull's loss information, he is not classified as a Prisoner of War, but as Missing In Action. Since 1975, nearly 10,000 reports relating to Americans missing, prisoner or unaccounted for in Vietnam have reached U.S. authorities. Based on the information in these reports, most experts believe that Americans are still alive today, held against their will in Indochina. Scull's fate remains unclear. If he was captured that day, he could be alive still, wondering why his country has abandoned him. |
I cannot emphasize enough how
important it is to keep pushing this issue inside the Beltway...
The need to get specific answers is more important now than ever
before. If still alive, some MIAs are now in their 70s... They
don't have much time left. We have to demand answers from the
bureaucrats and keep standing on their necks (figuratively
speaking) until they get the message that THEY work for US and
that we are serious about getting these long overdue responses.
Diplomatic considerations aside... We can no longer allow
questionable protocols established by pseudo-aristocratic
armchair strategists, to determine or influence the fate of the
men who were in the trenches while the diplomats were sharing
sherry and canapes and talking about "Their Plans" for
the future of SE Asia. If we do not make this issue our
"Highest Priority" now, then you can bet if the need
ever arises and our sons and daughters go off to war, their
husbands, wives and children will end up carrying the same torch.
We do not want our grandchildren to ache with the pain of not
knowing. This outrage must be stopped NOW, and we must not accept
any more excuses.
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