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Dog Handlers Lost in
Viet Nam & Thailand.
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Name of Handler |
Name
of Air Base (AB) |
Date
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Adams,
Erhardt (Jimmy) |
Phu
Cat AB, RVN |
Nov.
11, 1970 |
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Bevich Jr., George B |
Tan
Son Nhut AB, RVN |
Dec.
4, 1966 |
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Ford,
Bernard |
Phan
Rang AB, RVN |
July
5, 1967 |
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Fritz,
Gerald W. ** |
Nakhon
Phanom, RTAB |
May
13, 1975 |
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Ilaoa,
Faleagafulu (Phil) ** |
Nakhon
Phanom, RTAB |
May
13, 1975 |
Loftis,
Joel Conrad |
Phan
Rang AB, RVN |
June
7, 1969 |
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London,
Dennis W. ** |
Nakhon
Phanom, RTAB |
May
13, 1975 |
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Orsua, Charles David |
Phan
Rang AB, RVN |
July
15, 1969 |
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Park,
Irving Geon |
Phu
Cat AB, RVN |
March
6, 1970 |
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Fuller,
Gary Leroy |
Da
Nang AB, RVN |
Feb.
27, 1967 |
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Holley,
Glynn Byron |
Cam Ranh Bay AB, RVN |
Dec.
26, 1969 |
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Muse,
Edward Grady |
Bien
Hoa AB, RVN |
Jan.
31, 1968 |
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Kopfer,
John Jerome |
Da
Nang AB, RVN |
Feb.
21, 1968 |
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Boyd,
James |
Bien
Hoa AB, RVN |
Feb.
28, 1968 |
RVN - Republic of Viet Nam (South Viet Nam)
RTAB - Royal Thai AB (Thailand)
* A2C George Bevich, Jr. was the first Air Force Dog Handler to die
in Viet Nam.
** Three handlers (total of eighteen Security Police
personnel KIA)
were on the CH-53 helicopter that crashed during the Mayaguez
rescue attempt. This was considered the last combat
action of the Viet Nam war.
US Navy Sentry Dog
Handlers KIA in Viet Nam
| Carter, Mearle Keith |
NSA Da Nang, RVN |
Oct 22, 1967 |
| Sheldon, William Charles |
NSA Da Nang, RVN |
May 5, 1968 |
Australian
Handlers KIA in RVN
Bob Gray Memorial
Sra Robert Gray was killed at Clark Air Base,
Republic of the Philippines on January 6, 1978. Bob attempted to
apprehend several Filipino intruders on base. Bob was stabbed to death
after releasing his explosive detector dog Casey on a Filipino intruder.
Casey was shot with Bob's revolver but recovered and returned to duty.
Casualties of the
Iraq War
| Name of K-9 Personnel |
Location |
Date |
| TSgt Jamie
Dana, USAF * (WIA) |
Kirkuk, Iraq |
June 25, 2005 |
| Sgt Adam Leigh
Cann, USMC KIA |
Ar Ramadi, Iraq |
Jan
5, 2006 |
| Tech
Sgt Jason L. Norton, KIA ** |
Taji, Iraq |
Jan. 22, 2006 |
| Corporal Dustin Jerome
Lee USMC, KIA |
Fallujah,
Iraq |
March
21, 2007 |
| Cpl
Kory D, Wiens, USA KIA |
Muhammad Sath,
Iraq |
July 6, 2007 |
| SFC Gregory A.
Rodriguez |
Ana Kalay, Afghanistan |
Sept 2, 2008 |
** Tech Sergeant Norton was
killed when his Humvee was hit by an IED. The two men were
deployed from the same base in Alaska. He was assigned to the 586th
Expeditionary Mission Support Group in Iraq. TSgt Norton was the trainer
at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska, but the tasking came down for a Tech Sgt in
Iraq to pull convoys so he was deployed without a dog.
Missing in America Project
Reunion
at the Wall
Vietnam Security Police Association K-9 Memorial
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