Photos by Fred Krisch and Courtesy MyHeritage.com
633rd Security Police Squadron, Pleiku, 1966-1967
The October 1997 issue of
Guardmount and read Steve Ray's column (Guardmount Pass-on's). Yes,
A1C Robert Edward Pascoe was indeed a Security Policeman at Pleiku AB.
He had arrived in Pleiku about May of 1967. If I can recall correctly,
he left a wife and two children. Pascoe was on "C" Flight and we had
just got off duty and were turning in our weapons at our SPS Armory.
The time was probably 0700 to 0730 hours. At that time, the policy was
for an AlC to check all the incoming weapons to be stored. Also, the
hand grenades AND the hand flares were stored together in ammo boxes.
When I arrived to turn in my weapon,
there were maybe three or four guys cleaning their weapons prior to
turning them in to Airman Pascoe, who was working in the Armory that
day. I was exhausted and did not want to clean mine (and I never skipped
weapon's cleaning!) so I walked past Pascoe and put my weapon on its
respective rack and walked out. It was no more than thirty-seconds passing
when three terrific explosions came from the Armory. The guys who had
been cleaning their weapons were injured, but there was no remains left
of Robert Pascoe.
Pleiku Air Base had to receive
an emergency shipment of weapons and ammo, since we had none with the
exception of those on duty and on the reserve team.
A service was held
for Pascoe at Pleiku Base Chapel (below left photo):
Fred "Lurch" Krisch,
9-1966 - 8-1967, Pleiku
Robert Edward Pascoe, HS 1961 Photo
