POW/MIA Remembrance Cache Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By TVN on 22-Apr-02. Waypoint GC5041

Located in front of an UAW hall in Tonawanda, NY.
In rememberance of UAW bretheren lost in service of their country.

These photos were taken in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Those darn shadows really make it hard to read the GPS. I thought it would be okay until I got home. I took many other GPS readings in the area and this location is in the Citizens' Park where the Momument is located. I check with some local people and they said that there was only one POW/MIA in the town and it was Donald E. Gunstrom, who was killed July 20th, 1950, in Korea.

The name of this park, conveniently located across the street from where I work, is called "Heritage Park." Many re-enlistments, retirements, and other military ceremonies are held in this quiet outdoors park throughout the year here in Port Hueneme, CA. Located ON the Seabee Base, it pays tribute to those Seabees lost in WW2, Vietnam and Korea, and to Terrorist Actions while on active duty. Also surrounding the elevated Seabee Sculpture, POW/MIA flag, and National Ensign, are relics (vehicles) that have been important to Seabee lore and various campaigns. There are 3 different bulldozers, a Vietnam-era amphibious assault vehicle, among others as well as the standard anchors as well.

Pictures of this spot will be loaded when I can get to my work computer after the holiday. (The home computer is not recognizing the photo mini disc from the camera, but the work one will!!)

Tweetybird440

POW/MIA Memorial at Massachusetts National Cemetery
Bourne, Massachusetts, USA

The POW/MIA Memorial at the National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts, is the [url=http://www.stateanimals.com/maleg.html]official MIA/POW memorial of the commonwealth[/url]. We were fortunate to be able to visit the National Cemetery today and be reminded of the tremendous sacrifice many brave men and women have made for our freedom.

As requested by this locationless cache, we specifically recognize Roland Gendron of New Bedford, MA, who was a prisoner of war in Europe in World War II after his merchant vessel was sunk. (See article from the [url=http://www.capecodonline.com/special/terror/terrornews/attackvictimszx17.htm]Cape Cod Times[/url].)

Visited the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Altoona, Pa. I choose James Arthur Christy. Army SP5 His tour date was 7/31/66 but sadly he died a month later on 8/17/66 at the age of 27. He drowned or suffocated is south Vietnam. His home of record was Bellaire, Ohio.

I visited the POW Memorial Wall in Altoona, PA. While there, I learned about George W. Alexander.

George Wood Alexander was from Los Angeles, California. He was born January 10, 1923. He was an LCDR in the Navy before he died on February 17, 1960 in South Vietnam due to a crash landing in hostile territory. He was only 37 years young leaving a widow behind.

I visited the POW Memorial Wall in Altoona, PA. While there I learned about Richard A. Smith. Mr. Smith was born February 12,1945. He lived in Spencerport, NY where he became a Private First Class in the Army. He died at age 21 on September 30, 1966 in South Vietnam due to an explosive device in hostile territory. He had only been in Vietnam for 2 1/2 months.

Found this RTemembrance near Maschteich, Hannover, Lowersoxony, Germany.

schmittinger

I found this memorial of Minnesota Vietnam Veterans on the Capitol Mall close to where I work in St. Paul. I chose SGT Orval Skarman among many names of those listed as MIA because my wife has his POW/MIA bracelet.

Name: Orval Harry Skarman
Rank: Sergeant
Service: United States Marine Corps
Date of Birth: 11 March 1947
Date Missing: 15 January 1968
Home of Record: Duluth, Minnesota

Orval Skarman was a Marine stationed in northern South Vietnam near the demilitarized zone (DMZ). To the west, at Khe Sanh, his fellow Marines were battling what was to become one of the most publicized battles of the war. The battle for the city of Hue was one Skarman would not be around for.

Skarman went on R & R at China Beach on January 4, and did not return. What happened to him was never discovered. He just disappeared. The Marines did not doubt his honor; they knew something had happened to Skarman that prevented his return. Perhaps he was captured or killed. He was classified Missing In Action. Like nearly 2500 other Americans, his fate remains unresolved.

Whether Skarman was killed or taken captive is unknown. But, as long as there is even one man alive, held captive in Southeast Asia, we must consider that Skarman may be alive. We must insist that every effort is made to bring him home.

Found this monument to Walter E. Swope, a former POW while serving in WW II. He was held in a Japanese POW Camp for 2.5 years. The monument is located in Springfield, MO at the American Legion Vietnam War memorial Post 639. Thanks to all the VETS!!

Found this Monument in a village near Cologne/Germany.
It´s a memory of all POWs & MIAs Soldier of WW I and WW II of this City.

Greetings from Germany
Thoto

I am a 1968 graduate of Father Judge High School In Philadelphia Pennsylvania. My high school had the highest amount of vietnam deaths than any private or catholic school in the nation. A memorial for the honored graduates was erected in front of the school. I have enclosed a article about the momument and about the person who started the movement behind the wall. Rest in peace friends and classmates.

JAck Bense -

"Jack" Bense was a true sportsman. Coaches remember him as a gifted athlete who played hard but fair, and might have made it in professional football. He won the outstanding class athlete award when he graduated from Father Judge High School in 1963. At 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, he was an all-Catholic tackle and received an all-state football team honorable mention. Bense attended the University of Tulsa briefly on a football scholarship and worked construction before being drafted into the Army in November 1965. The sergeant was sent to Viet Nam in July 1966, where he was assigned to Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. The 21-year-old team leader was killed on April 17, 1967, after throwing a body block on his platoon leader to save him from a live grenade. Father Judge [High School] gives the SGT John F. Bense Award each year to an outstanding graduating athlete. Bense's greatest dream, his parents said, "was to return home and resume a normal life with his family in the neighborhood he loved." In addition to his parents, he was survived by a brother and two sisters.

The Wall -

Great wall visits Father Judge High School
By Tom Waring
Times Staff Writer

Jack Bense was an All-Catholic tackle at Father Judge High School who earned a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa.
His time on the gridiron was cut short when he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the height of the Vietnam War.

Bense never made it back to Tulsa or his Mayfair home. He was killed in action on April 17, 1967.

"It hit me pretty hard," said his father, John.

Jack Bense (Class of 1963) won the Purple Heart and Silver Star during his time in the war. He was one of 27 Father Judge graduates who died in the Vietnam War. That's the most of any private or parochial school in the country.

Joe Woods (Judge Class of 1965) served in Vietnam and one day struck up a conversation with some GIs from another troop. When Woods mentioned that he was from Philadelphia, the soldiers told him that they had just lost a Philadelphian -- Bense.

"They said he was one of our good guys," Woods recalled.

Philadelphia was hit particularly hard in the war, losing 645 people. Thomas A. Edison High School lost 64 graduates, the most of any public school in the nation.

A total of 58,219 American men and women died in the war. To remember their sacrifice, Father Judge Alumni Association president Mike Dufner successfully lobbied to bring the Moving Wall to the school.

© Northeast Times 2001



The Father Judge High School alumni who died in Vietnam are Raymond J. Ahern Leonard J. Albany
John F. Bense William J. Brown
William Carpenter Fergus Carroll
Patrick M. Corcoran Michael A. Giannini
Joseph Gradel Clement J. Grassi
Donald Hertrich Ronald Iller
Francis X. Kane Michael M. Kilderry
Thomas Killion Bernard F. Kissell
Michael R. Koper John Lyons
Stephen P. Miller Philip O'Connell
John M. O'Farrell Joseph Pellegrino
William Schussler James E. Snock
George Townsend Michael Vitale
Edward Zackowski

This POW/MIA memorial is located at the south-bound Railsplitter rest stop off of Interstate 55 in Sherman, Illinois (just north of Springfield). I am choosing to profile LCDR Gordon Perisho from Quincy, Illinois. Gordon was originally from Morris, Illinois, but the Perisho family moved away from town after World War II, and Gordon grew up in Quincy, so that's why his nameplate on the memorial says he is from Quincy. While doing my research about Gordon, I came across this web page: http://www.vietnow.com/artbrace.htm Thanks for the cache. ~ozarksjim - Nixa, Missouri

Found this Monument in Hilden / Solingen in Germany.

Its an Memory of all POWs & MIAs Soldier of WW I and WW II of this City.

Thank you Tracy

With best Regards from Germany

Ralf

This memorial is located on the bayfront in Corpus Christi, Texas. There is a momument to all lost and fallen local heroes. It is a gathering place for veterans to celebrate on all the national memorial days.

Found this one while out doing other caches. This is a memorial to all POW/MIA'S.

In January 1968 the USS PUEBLO (AGER-2) http://www.usspueblo.org/
was attacked by North Korean naval vessels and MiG jets. One crew member was killed and eighty-four survivors were held prisoner for eleven months. The USS Pueblo is still held in Korea and used in propaganda as a museum despite calls for its return. http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter21/in052101pblo.html http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_cr/s041802.html (Senate resolution calling for return of the USS Pueblo)


This Memorial in Creswell Oregon is unique in that it was placed by POW’s in honor of their fallen comrade Duane Hodges. The Memorial reads:
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In memory of our fellow shipmate
Damage Controlman Third Class
Duane D. Hodges, U.S. Navy
From the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo AGER2

In our hearts Duane will remain as a castle
of courage and a fountain of friendship

Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life
for his friends. John 15:13

Duane gave his life in behalf of his country
That we might have freedom
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Duane Hodges received the Silver Star posthumously. http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/aftermath/awards.html#star
Duane’s mother and father were waiting for him with the other crewmembers families when the repatriation http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/repatriation/repatriation.html
of the Pueblo crew occurred on December 23, 1968.
It wasn’t until over twenty years later that the crew of the USS Pueblo was recognized with POW status. http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/aftermath/powceremony.html

This war monument is dedicated to all the local people who fought in the wars of the world.

This was marked for Keith Allen would went missing on April 13, 1969. He was on his third tour with just days to go before heading home. He was the class president at Presque Isle High School. And a few years ago I was in Washington and found his name on the walls. He flew a combat chopper and loved every moment of it.

This memorial sits right outside of where I work, and eery day when I pass it I think to myself that I really need to get it logged before the locationless caches are gone. Well, today was the day.

The is to honor Larry Welsh who was a member of Sunset Hills Christian Church in Kansas City, KS, where this memorial sits.

Larry was born on June 16, 1947. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas with his 3 siblings. He was a Boy Scout and earned the God and Country award, and is a Life Scout.

Before going into the Army, he worked as a swtichman for Santa Fe Railroad. He entered the service in January, 1968, and was sent to Vietnam in December, 1968 as a platoon sergeant.

Larry's platoon was engaged in a firefight with Viet Cong on January 7, 1969, northwest of Tay Ninh City, Tay Ninh Province, about 8 miles from the border of South Vietnam and Cambodia. Larry, slightly injured by fragmentation wounds, removed his shirt and told another wounded soldier that he was going for help. That soldier then observed him walk down a path toward an area where artillery shells were falling.

Returning to the battle scene the next day, searchers found one man dead and a wounded man hiding in a hollow log. The wounded man told the searchers what he knew about Larry. The search team found Welsh's eyeglasses, wallet, shirt and the watch with the silver chain wristband that he wore, but Larry was not seen again. He was the only man unaccounted for in Vietnam on that day.

Our War Memorials list veterans back to the Spanish American War but does not list POW/MIA's separate. I did find the name of a person I knew that lost his life in the Vietnam War (Leon E. Waters of Milford, NY). There is a POW/MIA flag that flys there at all times along with th American Flag.

This POW memorial is on the side of a Phantom II chopper located at Freedom Hill Park in MI

This memorial is located along Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway across from the Veterans Hospital. It honors all POW's and MIA's from all wars that have been fought including the Viet Nam War. Dean Michaels was one of the brave men who never returned home.

Today we were on a quest to find the traveling Vietnam Wall Experience on Park Ave. in Tucson, Az. Well I heard on the radio it was in town on Park Ave. but never really heard exactly where it was going to be. Drove down Park Ave. for about 5 miles and there it was. It was in a cemetary. We followed the signs and my goodness I couldn't believe my eyes. There is was plain as day. The wall was all set up an there were a few people looking at the names on the wall. There was one woman crying. There was also a soldier saying every name on that wall. It was very touching. I'm glad we had to oppertunity to view this wall. Took some pictures and picked a name. Now at the time I wasn't sure we needed to take a picture of the name and I didn't. Just picked a name. His name is Major Joseph Y. Echanis. I went on line and surprisingly I found a write up on this guy I picked.
Maj. Joseph Ygnacio Echanis
United States Air Force

Joseph Ygnacio Echanis was born October 6, 1937. Home city of record is Portland, Oregon. He was lost as Missing in Action November 5, 1969 in Laos, serving with the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Capt. Douglas P. LeFevor was the pilot and Capt. Joseph Y. Echanis the navigator of an F4D aircraft from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On November 5, 1969, their mission was to act as Forward Air Controller for an operational mission over Laos. While directing a flight over the assigned area, radio contact was lost with the plane. At 4:34 a.m., one of the strike aircraft in the area saw a large ball of fire on the ground. Although no parachutes were observed, the Air Force concluded that the possibility exists that the crew ejected and safely reached the ground.

Throughout the day, an electronic search was conducted, with negative results. The terrain where the plane went down was so rugged that a visual search was not possible. No wreckage was ever found. The last known location was just southwest of Ban Som Peng in Khammouane Province, Laos.

Since the war's end in 1973, thousands of reports have been received by the U.S. Government regarding Americans still in captivity in Southwest Asia. Most of the reports involve Americans in Laos, where nearly 600 Americans went missing, and none released.

Both Echanis and LeFever were promoted to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained Missing in Action.

Thanks for the oppertunity to do this cache.

Worcester, MA Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Green Hill Park. Related Cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6627cb70-74f1-4e02-9f00-5955810cc2af

Peace - Love - Fog

This is a memorial placed in Greenville, TN. It was placed in honor of the local heroes of WW2. It was placed by Woodrow Mitchell.

When I saw this new veterans memorial, I just about drove off the road. Not only did I find a cannon (which I had given up on), but I also was able to snag a POW/MIA memorial. Something else I had all but given up on. The plaque lists the figures for the war, plus the quote you have on the cache page. Thanks for the cache. My husband's cousin was killed in that war. His name is on the Wall. He died after being in a helicopter crash and was missing for a few days. I wore 2 pow bracelets. One returned home, the longest in captivity in my state. The other is listed officially as missing in action, although reports have since shown that he died in captivity long after the war was over. I think it was 3 years after the war was over. If only he had been recovered sooner. I can no longer wear his bracelet as the band is breaking in the middle. He is not forgotten though.

Caching in the Breaks Interstate Park today. Stopped by this Veteran's Memorial in Elkhorn City, Kentucky honoring veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War. Many, many vets honored here, including CPL Ervin Coleman, US Army, POW WWII.

I was out doing regular caches when we noticed this memorial. The memorial is to honor and remember those that served from Washtenaw County MI.

This is the Vietnam Veterans of Central Florida near Chuluota Florida. The marker is for Henry Lewis Alton, a pilot who disappeared over Laos in 1978.

Edgecombe County, North Carolina remembers Fletcher Rudolph Thompson, Vietnam War. This memorial stands on the town square in Tarboro, North Carolina.

Located in Jessup, Pennsylvania as a dual POW/MIA memorial and a general Veteran's memorial -- there is a lot of garbage on site; picked a trashbag full up.

Name: Jerry O'Shea from Vietnam War

I don't know anything about him, but the name Patrick Dougher is on a small plaque in Archbald as a POW -- he would of been my great uncle.

TFTC.

- JD

This plaque is located in the New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From what I could obtain inside the visitor center SSG Louis B Romero was a POW in Viet Nam in the 1970's, was released and returned to live out his life in Albuquerque, NM.

This is the Wyoming Vietnam Memorial located in Cody, WY. My husband went to school in Cody with Lawrence G. Evert. Lawrence was a 1LT USAF flying missions over North Vietnam when he was reported as MIA.

We had visited this park before. The Vietnam Monument in located in Veterans Memorial Park in Columbia, SC. The name we chose was Phillip Grant from Geargetown County in South Carolina. It's a high price these men paid for our freedoms. Sorry about the bad picture.

Thanks

The Old Fogies

This is a nice memorial to Vietnam Veterans in Reading Pa. It contains Three MIA names. I will list only one. David E. Pannabecker. It looks like his aircraft went down over Cambodia. They could not get in to recover the remains due to the enemy.

#695

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Phillip Joseph Stickney
Senior Master Sergeant
61ST TROOP CARRIER SQDN, 64TH TCW, 7TH AF
United States Air Force

MIA 5/31/1966
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I was able to find the Amoskeag Memorial Bridge plaque which lists the names of all Manchester's (NH) Vietnam War Dead. It's located in front of the National Guard Armory on Canal Street in Manchester, NH.
I think the memorial shown [url=http://www.rolling-thunder-nh1.org/Photos/stickney%20memorial/]here[/url] would have been more appropriate but, I couldn't figure out where it was located. If I'm able to learn of it's location, I'll pay a visit and take some pics.
On May 31 1966, Stickney's C130 was shot down [url=http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/a007k.htm]here[/url].
They were on a mission to destroy the Thanh Hoa Railroad and Highway Bridge, spanning the Song Ma River.
Ironicaly, he was on his last mission before reporting for assignment to a flight school in Virginia.
The military changed his status from MIA to Died while Missing on 6/25/1974. His remains were repatriated on 1/16/1998 but not identified until 2/10/2004.
On Memorial Day 2004, he was buried in Little Rock, AR.
I think this is a great idea for a Reverse Cache. I learned a lot about one of New Hampshire's native sons who paid the ultimate price in service to his country. Thanks.
[url=http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/StickneyPJ01a.htm]The Virtual Wall - Panel 07E Line 129[/url]
[url=http://www.rolling-thunder-nh1.org/Photos/stickney%20memorial/]Rolling Thunder At Phillip Stickney Memorial[/url]
[url=http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/s/s071.htm]Stickney, Phillip J.[/url]
[url=http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter24/in040522idfamily.html]5/22/2004 - News Article[/url]
[url=http://www.theunionleader.com/yesterday.html?date=5-25-2004]5/25/2004 - NH Union Leader[/url]
[url=http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/s071.html]Task Force Omega, Inc. - Record Page[/url]
[url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/2004news/06012004/world/19064.htm]6/1/2004 - Portsmouth Herald[/url]

TFTC,
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don´t know if this count!

U.S. Submarines WW II plaque
Marine Ehrenmal Laboe / Germany

greetz
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This memorial for Viet Nam Veteran's is someone's personal tribute in New Mexico near the I-10 Fwy and Texas Border.
The elevation of the site is 3815 feet above sea level.

This POW/MIA memorial is located in Antelope Park's Veteran Garden, in Lincoln, NE, USA. It is an awesome site that pays tribute to every branch of the armed services (even a couple you wouldn't think of), and to every foreign war America has ever fought in. It's quite a humbling experience to stroll through and look at all the plaques.

Pictures are of monuments erected as part of Monument Terrace in Downtown Lynchburg, VA. One picture shows two surnames from my family, Crickenberger and Davidson.

I have lived in this neighborhood for more than 20 years. I have been on this field many, many times. In the center of the field there is a flag pole, the Stars and Striped flies above the POW/MIA Flag, it has always been that way. The field is named Kilroy Field after Captain Kilroy, who grew up in the neighborhood, played on the field and went onto West Point, where he was captain of the swim team. He was killed in action in Vietnam and the field was dedicated to his memory and to the memory of men missing in action. Several months ago, I came across his story, someone asked why are their two parks in Wayne, NJ named Kilroy Park, technically this is not true, one is Kilroy Field and the other is Kilroy Park. I laid out a multi stage geocache, called "Remebering a Man--GCPK7N" . I put his story in one of the stages. It starts where he got his start as a swimmer, passes the field named for him, to the park dedicated to his memory, through his neighborhood, past his old school. At the time I did not realize there was this locationless.http://www.virtualwall.org/dk/KilroyMW01a.htm (Photo upload to follow)

[This entry was edited by Packanack on Saturday, October 08, 2005 at 7:20:08 PM.]

This Vietnam memorial is located in Washington park in SW Portland Oregon. I have choosen First Sergeant Maximo Yabes, U.S. Army, Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division.

http://www.mishalov.com/Yabes.html

I've spent a lot of time on this cache. All of the time well spent. I went back to the Veterans Memorial Wall in Kirkland IL 3 times for this cache. The person I chose is

Joseph Mike Berkson
CAPT - 03 - Army - Regular
MACV Advisors
25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Apr 22, 1947
From Chicago, Illinois
His tour of duty began on Dec 08 1971
Casualty was on May 02, 1972
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing
HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Religion JEWISH

Loss Coordinates 163925 North 1071320 East

The above information came from 2 of the web site links on this page. Thanks very much for this cache
Revbigjohn

I am only posting a note on this memorial for the state of Wyoming located in Cody. It is in remembrance of ones who served in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. There is nothing listed about POW or MIAs. As you can see people still bring flowers, caps and other momentos to leave. They do fly a POW-MIA flag at this site. I would urge anyone in the Cody area to stop and visit.

We found this monument honoring all POW's and MIA's who servered our nation including Vietnam in Leavenworth Kansas.

Steve & Mary Brown
http://mysteve.com
Kansas City, MO
MOKan Geocaching Forum
http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php

Caro, Michigan
This granite memorial marks a stopping point for the "Moving Wall". Now I had no name because I had no family die over there. Thank God. But I realize that "moving" was an emotional term, and not the fact that it's portable. The wall had power. Grown men weeping at names and young people like myself in awe. I still can't comprehend the mentality of our government to allow the thousands of dead on that wall. It's mind boggling. "How could a previous generation let this happen" kept running through my head over and over. It's very sad. Along with the pics I took today of the granite memorial, I've attached a pic of the "Moving Wall".

This is the Australian POW Memorial in Ballarat, Vic, Australia.
It was recently finished, and brings thousands of tourists into the city to remember missing or fallen comrades and family. I have included a pic with the name Gerrard on it. I'm not sure if he was a relative (we share the same surname), but now I will be doing some research to see if there is any connection.
Thanks for a great cache.
more info at : http://www.ballarat.com/memorial.htm

in finding cache GC5152 i found these markers.

of the two markers with names on them, only one was killed in action, but since the VFW post (2872) in Athens, Georgia is named after them both i would assume that they would both classify this way. the pow/mia marker is also a good indication.

for pictures of the plane, see noted cache waypoint.

This POW/MIA Memorial is in Oakdale Cemetary in Glendora, CA. No names were listed, just was honoring all POW/MIA's.

This is the Vietnam memorial in Philadelphia PA. It's in the middle of the park near the waterfront. I really like how they have the liberty bell with the eagle on the ground.

On our way through Sparta, TN on Main Street we discovered this monument in front of White County Courthouse. After searching the name bases all we could find was the last name on the monument. Ralph M Engstrom was in Korean War was a CCPL from Hamblen, TN and in the Army. He was killed 18 FEB 1954. It is also noted, although, not on this monument that a servicemember missing for 37 years in Vietnam had his remains returned to his native East TN home earlier this week. His name was Cpl. Gerald "Jerry" King a proud Marine. We appreciate you having this cache to find, and are surprised there aren't more in towns. Our daughter's best friend's father was missing from 1970 until 1995 when his remains were returned. His name was Joseph Chestnut and he was USAF. We waited through many a grueling years for some word of him when we lived in Fort Walton Beach, FL. We watched his three sons and one daughter grow and go on to a live a life without their Dad. Their mom did a fine job of raising them and making a home for them. We love them all dearly but don't see them now that we have moved to TN. This is certainly a wonderful cache find.

Attended the POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony on Ontario Beach in Charlotte, NY with The Better Half who was in the color guard. Very nice ceremony. There were two POWs from WWII there who received certificates from Gov. Pataki. This is a very wonderful idea for a cache. TFTC.

A few years ago, Berkeley, California, established a memorial to those who were killed or missing in action in Vietnam. The singer Country Joe McDonald was a leading voice in achieving this memorial. It is located inside the Veterans Building on Center Street. The memorial is in conjunction with an internet site, listing at least one MIA (Rex Parcels): http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/vvm/

I was out in DC for a NASA conference. My wife's uncle was killed in Vietnam so I was here at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial to make a rubbing of his name. While here I found an MIA listing here for Harold Lineberger. Here are the details:

Full Name: HAROLD BENTON LINEBERGER
Wall Name: HAROLD B LINEBERGER
Date of Birth: 9/19/1934
Date of Casualty: 1/29/1971
Home of Record: AUSTIN
State: TX
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: COL
Casualty Country: CAMBODIA
Casualty Province:
Status: MIA

In remembrance of a heroic air force pilot whose name shall live forever more.

Posted for: Harold Benton Lineberger:

Colonel Harold Benton Lineberger
23rd tactical support squadron
Uban royal thai air base, Thailand

Colonel Lineberger’s unit operated in Northeastern Cambodia flying aerial reconnaissance and interdiction missions. They would try to stop motorized sampans on the Mekong river between Laos and South Vietnam as well as to stop vehicles on route 13, the main highway running from Saigon through Cambodia into Laos. He normally teamed with john Evans an aerial combat photographer. however, on the morning of January 29, 1971 he departed ubon air base alone in an ov10a bronco to return to an area he and Evans had been to on January 26 and 27, when they had destroyed several motorized sampans on the Mekong close to somber village, a small settlement on route 13 ten miles north of the provincial capital of krait. on January 27 they had seen what appeared to be an abandoned truck and it was his plan to go back and seek out this vehicle and destroy it. Evans took off with another pilot this day to photograph other possible targets and were to relieve colonel Lineberger at about o900 hrs. As they flew out for the rendezvous they attempted to raise him by radio without success. Evans learned later that the last contact with colonel Lineberger had been at o643 hrs when
he reported his position as being 27 miles west south west of somber, Cambodia.

Colonel Lineberger never returned from this mission. Search efforts were conducted in the area for the next several days but no trace of his aircraft was ever found. Evans had seen intelligence reports that stated any air force personnel who had been captured were summarily executed by the Khmer rouge, who controlled the entire region. He didn’t hold out much hope but the fate of his friend and regular pilot haunted him. Colonel Harold Benton Lineberger was officially declared as missing in action / body not recovered.

Although several names are listed here, I have chosen Maj. Bernard Bucher. He was the pilot of a C130 aircraft. While evacuating a special forces camp, his aircraft took gunfire as it was taking off. It crashed about a mile away. No Survivors or bodies were recovered.

We found this memorial to Michigan military people who lost their lives, or are missing in action, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. It’s a wonderful memorial but sad to see so many names. There are two soldiers listed as MIA in the photo we took. (One star by a name means MIA and two stars indicate the soldier died in captivity.) The MIA soldiers are Douglas Vincent Dailey and James Eugene Dennany. The information we found on them is from a report by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office.

Douglas Vincent Dailey
Home of Record: Waterford, MI
Military Service: USAF
Rank: E5
Status: Presumptive Finding of Death
Country of Casualty: Laos
Date of Incident: 1968/12/13

James Eugene Dennany
Home of Record: Mattawan, MI
Military Service: USAF
Rank: O4
Status: Presumptive Finding of Death
Country of Casualty: Laos
Date of Incident: 1969/11/12

Two other soldiers in our photo (J. DeLong and T. Dennison) had two stars by their names, which means they died in captivity, but I could not find any information on them.

This was a VERY nice Memorial to all the POW'S / MIA'S for all the armed services. It is located in Hinckly Ohio.

Nice memorial we stumbled on today while out in the area caching.

Thought i had lost these, as i couldnt down load them off the chip....
Found this while on a trip to the family reunion. Really great job and very solomn. Amazing thing is that people were still coming to visit it at after midnight.

Found this while driving the countryside to various caches on a business trip in IOWAI. This rock is located on RT 25 just south of RT 80 at 120th street. There are no specific names mentioned, but it is a remembrance to the POW and MIA's and is a very very interesting tribute to our service men and women.