Everett Alvin McPherson
Norfolk, Virginia
Wingate Jr. College
KIA 660318 VMCJ 1 MAG 11
DOB 18 December 42
Country of Loss: Laos
Coordinates: 191958N 1050959E
The Wall: Panel 06E-Row 021
On March 18, 1966, First Lieutenants McPherson and Davis were the crew on board an EF-10B, one in a flight of two aircraft on an electronic counter-measures mission in support of an air strike approximately 10 miles west of Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province. Their flight received 85mm anti-aircraft fire during the mission. There was an explosion in their aircraft while at an altitude of 26,000 feet and over neighboring Nghe An Province. They were believed to have been hit and downed by enemy surface to air missile. A SAR mission over the area produced negative results. Both airmen were initially declared missing in action. Returning U.S. POWs had no information on their fate. Both airmen were initially declared dead/body not recovered, based on a presumptive finding of death. In December 1988, Vietnamese officials acknowledge having knowledge of their loss incident.