Data Sources - Air Force Manual No. 200-25A, Department of the Air Force, Washington, October 16, 1961 page 1. Sanitized copy. National Archives KOREAN Conflict Casualty File (KCCF) 1950-1954.
MIAs in Incident; Schauer, Gilbert Jack; Holz, Scott Anderson; Cooper, Spencer Raymond, Jr.; Guilfoyle, Cornelius Patrick
03/92 -- Korea, and the men yet to be accounted for -- the "official list" -- is a list of U.S. servicemen known to have been
held as prisoners of war by the red Chinese and North Koreans from the Korean War
but not released or accounted for by the communists, as released on May 27,
1957 at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on the Far East and Pacific by the Department
of Defense.
The lists, the printed minutes of the May 27, 1957 hearing and the
"sense of congress" resolution were subsequently buried in the
archives. The original list had 450 names compiled from American POWS who were
repatriated by the Reds, as well as from photographs released by the Reds, Chinese
radio propaganda broadcasts, and letters written home by captured men. The "revised" list was narrowed down in august of 1961 to 389 men, and
all were arbitrarily declared dead by the military services, the USG still
lists them as "unaccounted for".
Names and ranks only were released at the time, and printed in "The Spotlight" on August 27, 1979, along with the above information and background. Further information has been compiled by the P.O.W. Network from the Hawaii POW/MIA Korean Memorial records, National Archives documentation, and public United States Air Force documentation, and changes made to the original published information. (FEBRUARY 1992)
Scott Holz is listed on the "HONOR ROLL OF FORGOTTEN AMERICANS" yet is noted as having died "while missing" by the National Archive.
03/12/2021
- KOREAN WAR
- UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
- Unaccounted For
An hour before midnight on April 6, 1952, a B-26 Invader (tail number 44-34601, call sign "Pintail 14") departed Kunsan Air Base with a crew of five. The briefed mission was a night-time bombing mission against the main supply route (MSR) between Pyongyang and Sinanju, known as Purple 4. As Pintail 14 cross into enemy territory, the pilot contacted the air controller (call sign "Dentist") reporting that they were inbound to the target area. This was the last known contact with this crew. Aerial searches were conducted the following day, but found no signs of the missing aircraft.
First Lieutenant Scott Anderson Holz, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 90th Bombardment Squadron, 3rd Bombardment Group. He was one of three navigators on this B-26 when it disappeared. No returned prisoners of war (POWs) mentioned having contact with 1st Lt Holz, nor was he seen at any known holding point, interrogation center, hospital, or permanent POW camp. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, First Lieutenant Holz is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Deferred.
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 1st Lt SCOTT ANDERSON HOLZ
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