05 Feb 2007, I adopted SFC Donovan on 20 Aug 2005, with the intention of reminding people he is still there, and we have the responsibility of bringing him home. From a fellow veteran, Jack R. Phares Jr., 7811 Kenwood Street, Commerce City, Co 80022.

On 19 May 1965, two men departed Holloway Airfield, Pleiku, on a visual reconnaissance flight. Both men were assigned to Headquarters, MACV; the pilot was Chief Warrant Officer Richard K. Harper of Burlington, MA, and his observer was SFC Leroy M. Donovan of Cedaredge, CO.They simply disappeared. Searches along their planned route failed to locate the aircraft or its crew, and both men were classed as missing. A year later, an Army review board recommended they be reclassed as killed in action, body not recovered, a recommendation accepted by the Secretary of the Army. Their legal dates of death are 20 May 1966, a year and a day after they disappeared. Their remains have not been repatriated.

Donovan, Leroy Melvin, SFC