Trent Richard Powers
Captain, U.S. Navy
Attack Squadron 164
Entered the Service From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: August 24, 1930
Date of Death: October 31, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Powers was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 16 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34).
On October 31, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on an assault mission over North Vietnam. As the second aircraft pulled off the target, the pilot saw LCdr. Powers' plane flash as if on fire. The aircraft then turned and crashed into a karat bridge near or on Ca mountain in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam.
Powers was seen parachuting from the plane, waving to indicate that he was ok. The area into which Powers parachuted was a heavily populated valley about 35 miles north of Hanoi and about 1100 meters north of Ngoc
Trac. Although electronic beeper signals were heard for about 30 seconds, no radio contact was ever established with Lt. Powers. Search and rescue efforts were called off due to heavy ground fire.
His remains were recovered on November 25, 1987 and identified on February 8, 1988.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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The U.S. Government first placed Trent R. Powers in a Missing in Action status on October 31, 1965, then January 17, 1967, changed his status to that of Prisoner of War. By late 1973, the U.S. Government had declared him
administratively dead, for lack of information that he was alive.
Captain, U.S. Navy
Attack Squadron 164
Entered the Service From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: August 24, 1930
Date of Death: October 31, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Powers was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 16 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34).
On October 31, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on an assault mission over North Vietnam. As the second aircraft pulled off the target, the pilot saw LCdr. Powers' plane flash as if on fire. The aircraft then turned and crashed into a karat bridge near or on Ca mountain in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam.
Powers was seen parachuting from the plane, waving to indicate that he was ok. The area into which Powers parachuted was a heavily populated valley about 35 miles north of Hanoi and about 1100 meters north of Ngoc
Trac. Although electronic beeper signals were heard for about 30 seconds, no radio contact was ever established with Lt. Powers. Search and rescue efforts were called off due to heavy ground fire.
His remains were recovered on November 25, 1987 and identified on February 8, 1988.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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The U.S. Government first placed Trent R. Powers in a Missing in Action status on October 31, 1965, then January 17, 1967, changed his status to that of Prisoner of War. By late 1973, the U.S. Government had declared him
administratively dead, for lack of information that he was alive.
Trent Richard Powers
Captain, U.S. Navy
Attack Squadron 164
Entered the Service From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: August 24, 1930
Date of Death: October 31, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Powers was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 16 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34).
On October 31, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on an assault mission over North Vietnam. As the second aircraft pulled off the target, the pilot saw LCdr. Powers' plane flash as if on fire. The aircraft then turned and crashed into a karat bridge near or on Ca mountain in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam.
Powers was seen parachuting from the plane, waving to indicate that he was ok. The area into which Powers parachuted was a heavily populated valley about 35 miles north of Hanoi and about 1100 meters north of Ngoc
Trac. Although electronic beeper signals were heard for about 30 seconds, no radio contact was ever established with Lt. Powers. Search and rescue efforts were called off due to heavy ground fire.
His remains were recovered on November 25, 1987 and identified on February 8, 1988.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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The U.S. Government first placed Trent R. Powers in a Missing in Action status on October 31, 1965, then January 17, 1967, changed his status to that of Prisoner of War. By late 1973, the U.S. Government had declared him
administratively dead, for lack of information that he was alive.
Captain, U.S. Navy
Attack Squadron 164
Entered the Service From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: August 24, 1930
Date of Death: October 31, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Powers was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 16 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34).
On October 31, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on an assault mission over North Vietnam. As the second aircraft pulled off the target, the pilot saw LCdr. Powers' plane flash as if on fire. The aircraft then turned and crashed into a karat bridge near or on Ca mountain in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam.
Powers was seen parachuting from the plane, waving to indicate that he was ok. The area into which Powers parachuted was a heavily populated valley about 35 miles north of Hanoi and about 1100 meters north of Ngoc
Trac. Although electronic beeper signals were heard for about 30 seconds, no radio contact was ever established with Lt. Powers. Search and rescue efforts were called off due to heavy ground fire.
His remains were recovered on November 25, 1987 and identified on February 8, 1988.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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The U.S. Government first placed Trent R. Powers in a Missing in Action status on October 31, 1965, then January 17, 1967, changed his status to that of Prisoner of War. By late 1973, the U.S. Government had declared him
administratively dead, for lack of information that he was alive.
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