Lee Dufford Harley

Vietnam War
Unit505th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromDanville Virginia
Date of DeathMay 18 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Harley was a member of the 505th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 1st Air Commando Wing. On May 18, 1966, he was serving as the pilot of a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) on a mission west of the Demilitarized Zone and just south of Ban Karai Pass, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.