DUNLAP, TROY

Name: Troy Dunlap
Rank/Branch: Sgt./US Army
Unit: (Search & Rescue)
Age: 20
Home City: Karnak IL
Date of Loss: 27 February 1991
Country of Loss: Kuwait
Loss Coordinates:
Status: Released POW 03/05/91
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: helicopter

Other Personnel in Incident: Rhonda Cornum; William Andrews (released); five
crewmen and passengers (all killed)

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 11 March 1991 from one
or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
published sources, interviews. Updated POW NETWORK 2002.

REMARKS: OPERATION DESERT STORM

SYNOPSIS: On February 27, 1991, an American F16 fighter/bomber joined in air
support for an allied tank battle near Basra. During the fighting, the
aircraft was shot down. The pilot of the aircraft, Capt. William Andrews,
safely ejected the crippled plane and reported that besides an injured leg,
he was fine.

One rescue effort for Andrews failed. An Army search and rescue team was
flown in by helicopter. Onboard the aircraft was its crew, the search team,
and a flight surgeon, Maj. Rhonda Cornum. The helicopter was shot down, and
five bodies were located. According to some news sources, three individuals
remained missing from the aircraft.

When darkness fell, Andrews was to hide and wait for morning rescue. When
morning came, Andrews could not be found.

Dunlap's family was startled and elated when his name appeared on missing
lists. On February 2, an Army representative came to the family home in
Karnak, Illinois, and said Dunlap had been killed. Two days later, the Army
changed his status to missing.

On March 6, 1991, Andrews, Cornum, Dunlap, and Stamaris were released by the
Iraqis. Cornum and Andrews were carried on stretchers with leg injuries.
Cornum had suffered two broken arms, an injured knee, and a broken hand in
the crash of the helicopter.