PILOT KILLED IN VIETNAM
The victim, John Oyer, Had Lived Here
John L. Oyer, 39, a native of Kansas City, was killed Monday when the Air American plane he was flying was shot down while making a landing at Bau Trai 25 miles west of Saigon in South Vietnam.
Also killed were Justin Gerard Mahone, 46, of Houston, the co-pilot, and Jack Wells, 39, of Collège Park, Ga., a U.S. operations mission official.
Air American is a private airline that flies charters for various U.S. agencies in Vietnam.
Oyer's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White, live at 23rd Elmwood avenue.
Oyer was graduated from East high school. He joined the Navy when he was 17, and was later commissioned and come to the rank of captain. He attended Cornell university and was graduated from Purdue University.
He served in Vietnam in 1962 and this month completed the first year of a 3-year tour of duty with Air America.
Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kiyomi Oyer; two sons, John Bryant Oyer, 10, and Michael Oyer 6, and a daughter, Elizabeth Oyer, 4 of Tsuruma, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
Jack was the only child of Ralph Andrew OYER and Myrtle "Cleo" STEVENS.
30 Sep 1965, Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City Times, Thursday, September 30, 1965 page 7D
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Jack was born 15 MAY 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri when Ralph was 26 and Cleo was 23.
1930 & 1940 census Kansas City, MO
1941 & 1942 Jack attended East High School, Kansas City, MO.
From 1943 to 1957 he served in the US Navy, he was Lieutenant JG and Lieutenant Commander during those years.
11 JUL 1947 at 21 years old, he first married 19 year-old June E. MADDEN, in Jackson County, Missouri. Jack's address was 2546 Elmwood, Kansas City, MO and June's was Lyonville, Warrick Co., Indiana on the marriage record.
Later Jack married Kiomi. They had a son and daughter.
1957 Jack was a Lt. Cmdr. in the US Navy piloting helicopters in Japan.
His passport was issued 31 JUL 1962 at Guam.
In 1965 Kiomi was living in Kanaqawa-Ken, Japan.
1 PM, 27 SEP 1965 Jack's plane was shot down by gorilla artillery while landing near, Bau Trai Airstrip, Hau Nghia Province, Vietnam. According to the report of his death, his last known address was 2546 Elmwood Ave, Kansas City, MO, and his occupation is listed as Commercial Aircraft Pilot, Employee of Air America, Inc.
From Wikipedia:
"Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the US government from 1950 to 1976. It was used as a dummy corporation for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Indochina. The CIA did not have enough work to keep the asset afloat and the National Security Council farmed the airline out to various government entities that included the US Air Force, US Army, USAID, and for a brief time France. Essentially, Air America was used by the US government covertly to conduct military operations, posing as a civilian air carrier, in areas the US armed forces could not go due to treaty restraints contained in the 1954 and 1962 Geneva Accords.[1]"
The victim, John Oyer, Had Lived Here
John L. Oyer, 39, a native of Kansas City, was killed Monday when the Air American plane he was flying was shot down while making a landing at Bau Trai 25 miles west of Saigon in South Vietnam.
Also killed were Justin Gerard Mahone, 46, of Houston, the co-pilot, and Jack Wells, 39, of Collège Park, Ga., a U.S. operations mission official.
Air American is a private airline that flies charters for various U.S. agencies in Vietnam.
Oyer's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White, live at 23rd Elmwood avenue.
Oyer was graduated from East high school. He joined the Navy when he was 17, and was later commissioned and come to the rank of captain. He attended Cornell university and was graduated from Purdue University.
He served in Vietnam in 1962 and this month completed the first year of a 3-year tour of duty with Air America.
Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kiyomi Oyer; two sons, John Bryant Oyer, 10, and Michael Oyer 6, and a daughter, Elizabeth Oyer, 4 of Tsuruma, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
Jack was the only child of Ralph Andrew OYER and Myrtle "Cleo" STEVENS.
30 Sep 1965, Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City Times, Thursday, September 30, 1965 page 7D
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Jack was born 15 MAY 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri when Ralph was 26 and Cleo was 23.
1930 & 1940 census Kansas City, MO
1941 & 1942 Jack attended East High School, Kansas City, MO.
From 1943 to 1957 he served in the US Navy, he was Lieutenant JG and Lieutenant Commander during those years.
11 JUL 1947 at 21 years old, he first married 19 year-old June E. MADDEN, in Jackson County, Missouri. Jack's address was 2546 Elmwood, Kansas City, MO and June's was Lyonville, Warrick Co., Indiana on the marriage record.
Later Jack married Kiomi. They had a son and daughter.
1957 Jack was a Lt. Cmdr. in the US Navy piloting helicopters in Japan.
His passport was issued 31 JUL 1962 at Guam.
In 1965 Kiomi was living in Kanaqawa-Ken, Japan.
1 PM, 27 SEP 1965 Jack's plane was shot down by gorilla artillery while landing near, Bau Trai Airstrip, Hau Nghia Province, Vietnam. According to the report of his death, his last known address was 2546 Elmwood Ave, Kansas City, MO, and his occupation is listed as Commercial Aircraft Pilot, Employee of Air America, Inc.
From Wikipedia:
"Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the US government from 1950 to 1976. It was used as a dummy corporation for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Indochina. The CIA did not have enough work to keep the asset afloat and the National Security Council farmed the airline out to various government entities that included the US Air Force, US Army, USAID, and for a brief time France. Essentially, Air America was used by the US government covertly to conduct military operations, posing as a civilian air carrier, in areas the US armed forces could not go due to treaty restraints contained in the 1954 and 1962 Geneva Accords.[1]"
PILOT KILLED IN VIETNAM
The victim, John Oyer, Had Lived Here
John L. Oyer, 39, a native of Kansas City, was killed Monday when the Air American plane he was flying was shot down while making a landing at Bau Trai 25 miles west of Saigon in South Vietnam.
Also killed were Justin Gerard Mahone, 46, of Houston, the co-pilot, and Jack Wells, 39, of Collège Park, Ga., a U.S. operations mission official.
Air American is a private airline that flies charters for various U.S. agencies in Vietnam.
Oyer's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White, live at 23rd Elmwood avenue.
Oyer was graduated from East high school. He joined the Navy when he was 17, and was later commissioned and come to the rank of captain. He attended Cornell university and was graduated from Purdue University.
He served in Vietnam in 1962 and this month completed the first year of a 3-year tour of duty with Air America.
Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kiyomi Oyer; two sons, John Bryant Oyer, 10, and Michael Oyer 6, and a daughter, Elizabeth Oyer, 4 of Tsuruma, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
Jack was the only child of Ralph Andrew OYER and Myrtle "Cleo" STEVENS.
30 Sep 1965, Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City Times, Thursday, September 30, 1965 page 7D
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Jack was born 15 MAY 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri when Ralph was 26 and Cleo was 23.
1930 & 1940 census Kansas City, MO
1941 & 1942 Jack attended East High School, Kansas City, MO.
From 1943 to 1957 he served in the US Navy, he was Lieutenant JG and Lieutenant Commander during those years.
11 JUL 1947 at 21 years old, he first married 19 year-old June E. MADDEN, in Jackson County, Missouri. Jack's address was 2546 Elmwood, Kansas City, MO and June's was Lyonville, Warrick Co., Indiana on the marriage record.
Later Jack married Kiomi. They had a son and daughter.
1957 Jack was a Lt. Cmdr. in the US Navy piloting helicopters in Japan.
His passport was issued 31 JUL 1962 at Guam.
In 1965 Kiomi was living in Kanaqawa-Ken, Japan.
1 PM, 27 SEP 1965 Jack's plane was shot down by gorilla artillery while landing near, Bau Trai Airstrip, Hau Nghia Province, Vietnam. According to the report of his death, his last known address was 2546 Elmwood Ave, Kansas City, MO, and his occupation is listed as Commercial Aircraft Pilot, Employee of Air America, Inc.
From Wikipedia:
"Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the US government from 1950 to 1976. It was used as a dummy corporation for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Indochina. The CIA did not have enough work to keep the asset afloat and the National Security Council farmed the airline out to various government entities that included the US Air Force, US Army, USAID, and for a brief time France. Essentially, Air America was used by the US government covertly to conduct military operations, posing as a civilian air carrier, in areas the US armed forces could not go due to treaty restraints contained in the 1954 and 1962 Geneva Accords.[1]"
The victim, John Oyer, Had Lived Here
John L. Oyer, 39, a native of Kansas City, was killed Monday when the Air American plane he was flying was shot down while making a landing at Bau Trai 25 miles west of Saigon in South Vietnam.
Also killed were Justin Gerard Mahone, 46, of Houston, the co-pilot, and Jack Wells, 39, of Collège Park, Ga., a U.S. operations mission official.
Air American is a private airline that flies charters for various U.S. agencies in Vietnam.
Oyer's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White, live at 23rd Elmwood avenue.
Oyer was graduated from East high school. He joined the Navy when he was 17, and was later commissioned and come to the rank of captain. He attended Cornell university and was graduated from Purdue University.
He served in Vietnam in 1962 and this month completed the first year of a 3-year tour of duty with Air America.
Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kiyomi Oyer; two sons, John Bryant Oyer, 10, and Michael Oyer 6, and a daughter, Elizabeth Oyer, 4 of Tsuruma, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
Jack was the only child of Ralph Andrew OYER and Myrtle "Cleo" STEVENS.
30 Sep 1965, Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City Times, Thursday, September 30, 1965 page 7D
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Jack was born 15 MAY 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri when Ralph was 26 and Cleo was 23.
1930 & 1940 census Kansas City, MO
1941 & 1942 Jack attended East High School, Kansas City, MO.
From 1943 to 1957 he served in the US Navy, he was Lieutenant JG and Lieutenant Commander during those years.
11 JUL 1947 at 21 years old, he first married 19 year-old June E. MADDEN, in Jackson County, Missouri. Jack's address was 2546 Elmwood, Kansas City, MO and June's was Lyonville, Warrick Co., Indiana on the marriage record.
Later Jack married Kiomi. They had a son and daughter.
1957 Jack was a Lt. Cmdr. in the US Navy piloting helicopters in Japan.
His passport was issued 31 JUL 1962 at Guam.
In 1965 Kiomi was living in Kanaqawa-Ken, Japan.
1 PM, 27 SEP 1965 Jack's plane was shot down by gorilla artillery while landing near, Bau Trai Airstrip, Hau Nghia Province, Vietnam. According to the report of his death, his last known address was 2546 Elmwood Ave, Kansas City, MO, and his occupation is listed as Commercial Aircraft Pilot, Employee of Air America, Inc.
From Wikipedia:
"Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the US government from 1950 to 1976. It was used as a dummy corporation for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Indochina. The CIA did not have enough work to keep the asset afloat and the National Security Council farmed the airline out to various government entities that included the US Air Force, US Army, USAID, and for a brief time France. Essentially, Air America was used by the US government covertly to conduct military operations, posing as a civilian air carrier, in areas the US armed forces could not go due to treaty restraints contained in the 1954 and 1962 Geneva Accords.[1]"
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Captain John Lerdo Oyer U.S.N.
son of
Cleo & Ralph Oyer
stepson of Clarence White
Born
Kansas City Mo May 15, 1926
Killed in Action over Bau Trai South Vietnam
Sep 27, 1965
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