Jim Stastny (Korat 70-71), Phil Carroll (NKP/Takhli 70-71), and Bill Cummings (U-Tapao 70-71) visited the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial on June 24, 2006. The purpose of the visit was to obtain etchings of the names of three K-9 personnel who were killed in a helicopter crash in support of the S.S. Mayaguez rescue operation on May 13, 1975. The names of the three Air Force K-9 Personnel, assigned to the 56th Security Police Squadron Nakhom Phanom, Thailand are memorialized on Panel 1 West, and they are:Nakhon Phanom, Thailand are memorialized on Panel 1 West, and they are:Sgt. Gerald W. Fritz Sgt. Dennis W. London SSgt. Faleagafula Ilaoa
Photo Above: Phil Carroll making an etching of a name.
Photo Above: Patches left at the Viet Nam Memorial.
Photo Above: (L to R) Jim Stastny, Bill Cummings, and Phil Carroll. Return To Nakhon Phanom Air Base, Thailand, |
