[241112Z.OH 04/27/96] ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 241112Z SEP 93 ZYB PSN 697346P35 FM CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI//42// TO RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH CDRPERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PED-P// INFO WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//USDP: RSA// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//CA/OCS/CCS/EAP/VLC// JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//OCJCS/45/PW-MIA/03-JOD// USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J3/J30-M// USCINCPAC LO WASHINGTON DC DIA WASHINGTON DC//CH-3// CIA WASHINGTON DC//DEA/SEA/IB/DDO/EA/ICOG// RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TM//PW-MIA// CDRUSACILHI HICKAM AFB HI//TAPC-PED-H// UNCLAS //N03460// MSGID/SYS.RRM/CDR JTF-FA// AMPN: EVALUATION OF SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - MR. DO VAN NGUYEN// REF/A/MSG/CDR JTF-FA/020042ZJUL93// RMKS/1. REF A DOCUMENTS AN INTERVIEW WITH MR DO VAN NGUYEN, A FORMER PHUOC LONG (CURRENTLY SONG BE) PROVINCE PARTY SECRETARY. ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MR. NGUYEN PROBABLY CORRELATES TO TWO UNRESOLVED CASES: REFNO 0054 JAMES MCLEAN AND REFNO 1244-03 PETER RUSSELL. MR. NGUYEN ALSO PROVIDED THE NAMES OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO UNACCOUNTED FOR SERVICEMEN. 2. MR, NGUYEN DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN MEDIC (MCLEAN) AT THE BATTLE OF BU DANG. HE SAID THAT VIETNAMESE FORCES TOOK THE MEDIC TO A DETENTION CAMP IN THE BU GIA MAP AREA. DAC O VILLAGE. HE DESCRIBED THE MEDIC AS BEING A TALL YOUNG CAUCASIAN MR. NGUYEN RECALLED THAT U.S./REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM FORCES ATTACKED THE DETENTION CAMP AND A BOMBING RAID PRECEDED THE GROUND ATTACK. HE LEARNED SECOND HAND THE MEDIC DIED AT DINH KRA BANG HAMLET (NORTHWEST OF BU DANG, NEAR THE CURRENT BOUNDARY BETWEEN BU DANG AND PHUOC LONG DISTRICTS) AND HIS BODY WAS PLACED IN A NYLON BAG AND BURIED ON THE SPOT FOLLOWING Page l THE ATTACK. MR NGUYEN RECALLED THE MEDIC'S BODY HAD DOG TAGS BUT PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES CONFISCATED THEM. HE ALSO SAID THAT POSSIBLY IN 1967, AN ARMY AMERICAN AIRBORNE SPECIAL FORCES CAPTAIN (RUSSELL) SURRENDERED NEAR BU DANG HE SAID THE CAPTAIN CAME FROM A HELICOPTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED OF MALARIA WHILE IN CAPTIVITY. HE ALSO SAID THE CAPTAIN WAS BURIED NEAR NGIA TRUNG VILLAGE, GRID COORDINATES YT250950. 3. MR. NGUYEN CORRECTLY DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN ARMY MEDIC WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SPECIFIC YEAR. THE EVENTS DESCRIBED CLOSELY MATCH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH REFNO 0054. JTF-FA FILES INDICATE REFNO 0054 WAS THE ONLY GROUND LOSS INCIDENT INVOLVING THE CAPTURE OF A MEDIC IN THE BU DANG AREA, PHUOC LONG PROVINCE. HE ALSO,CORRECTLY DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES CAPTAIN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SPECIFIC YEAR. THE EVENTS DESCRIBED CLOSELY MATCH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH REFNO 1244-0-03. 4. FORWARDED TO CDRPERSCOM/TAPC-PED-P FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION. SANITIZED COPY OF REF A WILL BE FORWARDED SEPARATELY FOR RELEASE EVAL: KDS// BT DLVR: CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI(1)...ORIG J3(1)...INFO FOR USCINCPAC HONOLULU H(13) J30-M(1) 00-01-04(1) MDT(0) LRN061PCMT(1) J52(1) J51(1) J2(1) J1(1) J032(3) J03(1) CDO(1) *** MDU office codes that have received this message:*** MDUOPR Page 2