DEGNAN, JERRY LAWRENCE
Name:Jerry Lawrence Dednan
Branch/Rank: CIVILIAN
Unit:
Date of Birth: 03 August 1939
Home City of Record:
Date of Loss: 28 August 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 170519 North 1064130
Status (in 1973): Missing
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0816
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File, the National Alliance of Families.
REMARKS:
UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS
JOINT CASUALTY RESOLUTION CENTER
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96330
JCRC-OPS
23 APR 1976
SUBJECT: Project X
THRU: Commander-in-Chief, Pacific
ATTN: J-3
FPO San Francisco 96610
TO: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
International Security Affairs
ATTN: CAPT Ray Vohden, USN
Washington, D. C. 20301
1. Project X is a study I initiated for operational purposes in August 1975
to evaluate the possibility of any of the unaccounted for being alive. The
conclusion reached is: There is a possibility that as many as 57 Americans
could be alive, although it is highly probable that the number is much
smaller, possibly zero.
2. I emphasize that this conclusion is not an assertion that 57 or any
other number of unaccounted for Americans are alive in SEA or in the hands
of the Vietnamese, Laotians, or Cambodians.
3. This study has been held close and is forwarded to DOD ISA at the
request of Dr. Roger Shields, made during my conversation with him in his
office on 27 January 1976.
4. This study has taken over 8 months and has involved many analysts.
Included were personnel experienced in Aviation, Ground Operations, Search
and Rescue, and Intelligence. Summaries for each of the 57 possibilities
are inclosed. Two principal criteria for determining any individual as
"possibly alive" were used:
a: The existence of positive reasonable indicators suggesting that the
individual concerned survived the loss incident.
b: The absence of a reasonable case supporting an assertion that the
individual concerned is dead.
5. It should be recognized that the average age of JCRC data is about seven
years.
6. Many factors were considered during this study. A description of the
methodology employed is available at JCRC Headquarters on request.
/s/
John P. Vollmer
Col, USA
Commander
REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED
WHEN SEPARATED FROM
CLASSIFIED INCLOSURES
UNCLASSIFIED
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PROJECT X INDEX
USE THE FOLLOWING INDEX TO ACCESS CASE SUMMARIES.
REFNO-------------NAME
0031 ------------ Greer, Robert L.
0031 ---------------Schreckengost, Fred T.
0054------------ Mc Lean, James H
0100------------ Tavares, John C. (Civilian)
0124 ------------ Mellor, Frederick
0155 -------------- Garwood, Robert
0223 ------------ Bailon Ruben (Civilian)
0223 ------------ O'Laughlin, Stephen
(Civilian)
0253 ------------ Mauterer, Oscar
0267------------ Peterson, Delbert R.
0286 ------------ Hewitt, Samuel
0297 ------------ Gates, James W.
0297 ------------ Lafayette, John
0314 ------------ Goss, Berneard J.
0329 ------------ Thomas, Kenneth D.
0358 ------------ Harris, Gregory
0413------------ Kwortnik, John C.
0432 ------------ Brand, Joseph W.
0453 ------------ Tatum, Lawrence B.
0466 ------------ Ammon, Glendon L.
0541 ----------- Warren, Arthur L.
0641------------ O'Grady, John F.
0646 ------------ Hasenbeck, Paul A.
0646 ------------ Mangino, Thomas A.
0646 ------------ Nidds, Daniel R.
0646 ------------ Winters, David M.
0667 ------------ Graham, James S.
0685 ------------ Dodge Ronald W.
0754 ------------ Frederick, William V.
0816 ------------ Degnan, Jerry L. (Civilian)
0826------------ Moore, Herbert W.
0830 ------------ La Porte, Michael
0840------------ Vescelius, Milton J.
0914------------ Hauer, Leslie J.
0920 ------------ Teague, James E.
0969 ------------ Hartney, James C.
0970------------ Jones, William E.
1010------------ Cocheo, Richard (Civilian)
1011------------ Lacey, Richard J.
1130 ------------ Metz, James H.
1131 ------------ Held, John W.
1274 ------------ Pridemore, Dallas
1321 ------------ Erskine,Jack D. (CIVILIAN)
1329 ------------ Francisco, San D.
1329 ------------ Morrison, Joseph
1372 ------------ Briggs, Ronald D.
1372 ------------ Christiansen, Eugene F.
1372 ------------ O'Hara, Robert C.
1372 ------------ Parsons, Donald E.
1372 ------------ Padgett, David E.
1372 ------------ Stanley, Charles I.
1402 ------------ Mc Donnel, John T.
1673 ------------ Mc Kay, Clyde W. (Civilian)
1747 ------------ Soyland, David P.
1982------------ Morris, George W.
1982------------ Peterson, Mark A.
1994------------ Dean, Charles (Civilian)
1994------------ Sharman, Neil (Australian)
SUMMARY SELECTION RATIONALE
NAME: DEGNAN, JERRY L., US CIVILIAN
OFFICIAL STATUS: MISSING
CASE SUMMARY: SEE ATTACHED
RATIONALE FOR SELECTION: Mr. Degnan disappeared from the Saigon area and
all efforts to locate him or obtain information concerning his
disappearance were without success.
REFNO: 0816 19 Apr 76
(U) CASE SUMMARY
1. On 28 August 1967 Jerry L. Degnan disappeared from the Saigon area in the
vicinity of grid coordinates XS 800 900. The US Embassy and investigative
services conducted an investigation without success. (Ref 1)
2. ADO MR-III Comment - Details of this case were given to the Two-Party
Joint Military Commission and to the Special Assistant to the Ambassador
for field operations, US EMB Saigon. These details were subsequently given
to the Mayor of Saigon, but neither PubCom nor investigation by VN National
Police (Special Branch) could generate additional information on this case.
Go Vap District officials recovered a set of remains in October 1974 which
were thought to be those of this individual; however CILHI determined the
remains to be Mongoloid.
REFERENCE USED 1. LTR (U), AMCONGEN SGN, RVN, 4 Mar 70.
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