BORJA, DOMINGO R.S. Name: Domingo R.S. Borja Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces Unit: HHC, C & C Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group Date of Birth: 01 February 1931 (Cabatuan Iloilo, PI) Home City of Record: San Francisco CA Date of Loss: 21 February 1967 Country of Loss: Laos Loss Coordinates: 161656N 1070252E (YD188011) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground Refno: 0598 Other Personnel In Incident: (none missing) Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 June 1990 from 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 1998. REMARKS: SYNOPSIS: Domingo Borja was a member of a Special Forces reconnaissance team attached to Headquarters & Headquarters Company, Command & Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On February 21, 1967, the team was operating in Laos near the Laos/South Vietnam border, in extreme northern Saravane Province very near the province boundary of Savannakhet Province. The location is so near Vietnam that some lists locate Borja's area of operations in South Vietnam. While trying to assist a wounded teammember, Borja was confronted by an enemy soldier. Each fired at the other simultaneously, and both were killed instantly. Both bodies were checked by 2 teammembers who detected no signs of life whatever. Because of the enemy presence in the area, the remainder of the team evaded and left the body of Borja behind for later recovery. Subsequent efforts to locate and recover the remains for the next 5 days were unsuccessful. Borja is one of nearly 600 Americans missing in Laos. Many were alive and seen to be captured; some are known to be dead, many just vanished. Although the Pathet Lao stated on several occasions that they held "tens of tens" of American prisoners, not one man held in Laos has ever been released. Although Borja did not survive, others did. Experts now estimate hundreds of Americans are still alive, waiting for their country to bring them home from Southeast Asia. Borja, if alive, would gladly go to their aid. When will we?