.JOHN ALAN WARE WAS BORN FEB, 13TH,1949 IN PENDLETON, OR. WHERE HE JOINED A BROTHER LEONARD WHO WAS ALMOST SIX WHEN JOHN WAS BORN TO PARENTS CECIL AND AILEEN WARE. SADLY JOHN'S FATHER CECIL DIED IN 1992. 

JOHN GRADUATED FROM HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967, THEN WORKED FOR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD UNTIL HE WENT IN THE SERVICE IN JULY, 1968.  HE TOOK HIS BASIC TRAINING AT FT. LEWIS, WA, WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO FT. EUSTIS, VA. FOR ADVANCED TRAINING.  JjOHN GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL IN DEC.,1968, COMPLETING THE UH-I  HELICOPTER REPAIR COURSE. HE WAS SENT TO VIETNAM, ASSIGNED TO THE 281ST ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY AT NHA TRANG IN JANUARY, 1969. 

JOHN RECEIVED SEVERAL AIR MEDALS & AWARDS, PLUS MANY OTHER MERITORIOUS AWARDS AND MEDALS. JOHN'S PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED ON NOV. 8, 1969 THAT HE HAD BEEN REPORTED AS MISSING SINCE NOV. 4 1969.   JOHN WAS VERY FAITHFUL IN WRITING HIS PARENTS AND REALLY SEEMED TO ENJOY WHAT HE WAS  DOING, BUT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING HOME IN FEB. 1970 TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIS TWO NEPHEWS AND ENJOY HIS BROTHERS VINTAGE CAR HOBBY. JOHN HAD A 250 SCRAMBLER CYCLE, TOLD HIS MOTHER WHEN HE LEFT THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A CYCLE.  HE ALSO LEFT BEHIND A NEW 1968 SPORTS MODEL CAMARO CAR.

HIS HOMETOWN HAS HONORED HIM IN MANY WAYS, HE IS THE ONLY MIA FROM EASTERN OREGON. A FREEDOM TREE WAS PLANTED AND DEDICATED IN HIS MEMORY, HIS NAME IS ON A WALL HERE IN THE PARK.