Charles David Schoonover | American Battle Monuments Commission

Vietnam War

Unit	Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 9
Rank	Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	Indianapolis Indiana
Date of Death	January 16 1966
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court B Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 9

Notes

Lieutenant Commander Schoonover was a member of Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 9, Carrier Air Wing 14 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS RANGER (CVA-61). On January 16, 1966, he was the pilot of a North American Vigilante Fighter (RA-5C) about 100 miles southeast of Saigon in the South China Sea, when he had mechanical difficulties and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.