"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 or Life Member-111.
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.
Purchasing a Retroactive or Honorary membership for a deceased friend is not authorized. 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. 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
