John Bowers Worcester

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 195
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromBig Rapids Michigan
Date of DeathOctober 19 1965
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Worcester was a member of Attack Squadron 195, Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On October 19, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4C) on an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. After firing on a bridge in Nghe An Province, contact with him was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.