"In Memory of Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) Members
who served honorably in the United States Air Force as
Air Police, Security Police, or AP/SP Augmentees,
in Vietnam or Thailand, during the Vietnam War,
and ... Have now Joined Those Who Fell Before Them."
The long standing VSPA policy for Life Member-111 inclusion is to include only current or prior VSPA members on any VSPA Honor Rolls, Life Member-111, or mass-email notification of his passing.
Non VSPA members are not included simply because, in life, they did not join VSPA, nor contribute stories, photos, fellowship, attend reunions, nor did they ask to receive a gratis membership based on hardship. That does not take away from a deceased friend’s memory at all, and we invite any who knew the deceased AP/SP who otherwise qualified for VSPA membership to write a tribute page and we will post it in his memory.
There were over 20,000 AP/SP who served in Vietnam and Thailand during the war years. About one in ten have a current membership or an affiliation with VSPA. Purchasing a Retroactive or Honorary membership for a deceased friend is not authorized. We cannot add non member names to VSPA's Life Member-111 deceased lists -- to do so would defeat the purpose to honor VSPA Deceased Members.
Don Poss
