JARVIS, JEREMY MICHAEL

Name: Jeremy Michael Jarvis
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force
Unit:
Date of Birth: 05 November 1941
Home City of Record: Warren MI
Date of Loss: 25 July 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 172000N 1064700E (XE895171)
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C
Refno: 0771
Other Personnel in Incident: Herbert L. Lunsford (missing)

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April 1990 with the assistance of
one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 2020.

REMARKS:

SYNOPSIS: The Phantom, used by Air Force, Marine and Navy air wings, served a
multitude of functions including fighter-bomber and interceptor, photo and
electronic surveillance. The two man aircraft was extremely fast (Mach 2), and
had a long range (900 - 2300 miles, depending on stores and mission type). The
F4 was also extremely maneuverable and handled well at low and high altitudes.
The F4 was selected for a number of state-of-the-art electronics conversions,
which improved radar intercept and computer bombing capabilities enormously.
Most pilots considered it one of the "hottest" planes around.

Major Herbert L. Lunsford and 1Lt. Jeremy M. Jarvis comprised the flight crew
of an F4C Phantom which was assigned a mission over North Vietnam on July 25,
1967. Maj. Lunsford was the pilot, and 1Lt. Jarvis his backseater. Jarvis was
responsible for operating the weapons/systems and navigational equipment.

Lunsford's aircraft was shot down and crashed at a point on the coast of North
Vietnam about 10 miles south of Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province. Both Lunsford
and Jarvis were declared Missing in Action.

The Defense Intelligence Agency further expanded the Missing in Action
classification to include an enemy knowledge ranking of 3. Category 3 indicates
"doubtful knowledge" and includes personnel whose loss incident is such that it
is doubtful that the enemy wound have knowledge of the specific individuals
(e.g. aircrews lost over water or remote areas).

Since American involvement in Vietnam ended in 1975, nearly 10,000 reports
relating to Americans missing, prisoner, or otherwise unaccounted for in
Indochina have been received by the U.S. Government. Many officials, having
examined this largely classified information, have reluctantly concluded that
many Americans are still alive today, held captive by our long-ago enemy.

Whether Lunsford and Jarvis survived the over-water crash of their aircraft to
be captured by the multitude of enemy fishing and military vessels often found
along the coastline is certain not known. It is not known if they might be among
those thought to be still alive today. What is certain, however, is that as long
as even one American remains alive, held against his will, we owe him our very
best efforts to bring him to freedom.

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01/2020

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MAJ JEREMY MICHAEL JARVIS

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On July 25, 1967, an F-4C Phantom II (tail number 63-7488, call sign "Maverick 01") with two crew members was the lead aircraft in a flight of two on a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. While flying along the coast en route to the target area, the aircraft commander reported that he saw a possible target on the beach and was going to make a rocket pass at it. The number two aircraft observed "Maverick 01" fire a pod of rockets at the target. He then saw a fireball in the water about a mile off the coast and lost contact with "Maverick 01". He saw no parachutes, and detected no rescue beeper signals. The wingman circled the area until he was relieved by a search and rescue (SAR) team, which was unable to locate the downed aircraft or its crew. The SAR effort continued into the next day without success, and the crew of "Maverick 01" was listed as missing. 

First Lieutenant Jeremy Michael Jarvis, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Michigan, was a member of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the pilot of the Phantom when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Following the incident, the Air Force promoted 1st Lt Jarvis to the rank of Major. Today, Major Jarvis is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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