Batcat
The United States Air
Force
553rd Reconnaissance Wing
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
In
Remembrance of those Batcats
For Whom The Angels Have Called
May you All Rest in Peace and
know you are in our Thoughts and
Prayers
This
area contains the names of our Batcat friends and colleagues who
have passed away after returning from Korat. Remembrance Area added 07/01/09,
Last updated 04/29/12.
The primary
objective of this page is to let others know when a Batcat has
died. The losses at Korat are listed in other places on the
Batcat homepage, but so as to not forget, those who died while at
Korat are shown here too. Recent deaths are shown here as I
become aware of their passing. If you have additional names,
corrections, or other information please contact Larry Westin via
email at: westin@tdstelme.net-Remembrance
Area Update.
Those who died
while at Korat
Check here for a List of the
25 Batcats who lost their life while at Korat. Three Batcats
died from non operational incidents. The 22 Batcats who were
killed on operational missions have their names engraved on the
Vietnam Memorial Wall, Washington, D.C. Here is a view of the
Vietnam Memorial Wall section for the 18 Killed on
the April 25, 1969 loss, Vietnam Memorial Wall section 26W,
and in a separate area of the Vietnam Memorial Wall for the
4
Killed on the September 6, 1969 loss, Vietnam Memorial Wall
section 18W. The 22 Batcats killed on operational missions
are recognized at the National Museum of the United States Air
Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, on the 553rd
Reconnaissance Wing Plaque in the Museum Memorial Park.
Updated 10/18/09.
Those who have died
since
returning from
Korat
These are Batcats I am aware of who have passed away after
returning from Korat. Date of death is shown when known. Please
use the email contact at the top of this page to correct
information or add names to this area.
Lyle
Ahner, 553rd RS, passed away 200?
Vernie Andricks,
553rd FMS, passed away February 15, 2012
Rudolph Louis August,
553rd RS, passed away 2004
Dick Baker, 554th RS,
passed away May 8, 2004
Jim Barcus, 553rd OMS,
passed away January 26, 2005
James Bartholomew,
554th RS, passed away Feburary 2004
William David Bennett,
553rd RS, passed away October 11, 1971
James W. Bourdeau,
554th RS, passed away Feburary 2009
David Brown Sr., 553rd
RS, passed away August 21, 2009
Charles Leroy
Buechele, 554th RS, passed away March 8,
2010
Blaine Chapman, passed
away June 4, 2008
Donald "Chris" Christensen,
554th RS, passed away May 21, 1997
Willie J. Christian,
554th RS, passed away March 12, 2011
Bill Cody, passed away
April 2002
Dick Cole, 554th RS,
passed away unknown date
Sharpless "Steve" Crowe
III, 554th RS, passed away May 24, 2011
Larry Cummings, 553rd
RW Detachment 1, passed away 200?
Richard Custer, 553rd
RW, passed away April 3, 2003
Robert R. Dailey,
553rd RS, passed away August 10, 1978
Ricky Dietsch,
553rd OMS, passed away March 14, 2012
Ron Donley, 553rd FMS,
passed away January 23, 2011
Ralph E. Draper,
554th RS, passed away February 6, 2001
James L. Edwards,
554th RS, passed away January 8, 2008
Donald E. Ewing, 553rd
RW, passed away January 6, 1995
Robert E. Fiebig,
554th RS, passed away May 2009
Bartholomew "Bart"
Fundaro, 553rd FMS, passed away February 16,
2007
Cecil "Pappy"
Gilpin, 554th RS, passed away unknown date
Leonard A. "Lenny"
Gladue, 554th RS, passed away 1995
Gerald C. Grotz, 553rd
RS, passed away July 14, 1998
Lou Green, 554th RS,
passed away 2003
Billy J. Hall, 553rd
RS, passed away about 2000
John Harsane, 553rd
FMS, passed away unknown date
Andrus "Andy"
Hebert, 553rd RS, passed away July 5, 2009
Arch Heckler, 554th
RS, passed away April 27, 2009
Dennis "Denny"
Hill, 554th RS, passed away about 1976
Lee Hagan Hundley, 553rd
EMS, passed away December 16, 2011
Jack January, 553rd
RW, passed away about 2006
William Ernest Johns
Sr., 553rd EMS, passed away November 21,
2009
Don Keefe, 553rd RS,
passed away 2008
Kenneth R. Krueger,
553rd OMS, passed away April 10, 2011
John D. LaBonte Sr.,
553rd FMS, passed away December 11, 2011
John Larrabee, 554th
RS, passed away about 1990
John Walter Linaburg,
553rd AMS, passed away March 9, 2011
Licious T. Lunsford,
554th RS, passed away unknown date
Leo J. Magers, 553rd
RS, passed away November 27, 2010
Dean Maples, 553rd
FMS, passed away July 26, 2007
John Mark, 553rd RS,
passed away September 12, 2008
Daniel C. Marquez,
554th RS, passed away August 13, 2011
Pete "Pietro A."
Mazzio, 553rd RW, passed away January 23,
2006
Brian "Shakey"
Mckay, 554th RS, passed away June 8, 2011
Thomas D. Moffatt,
554th RS, passed away August 21, 1973
Benjamin "Biff"
Morgan, 554th RS, passed away July 6, 2000
John Nienstedt, 553rd
RS, passed away March 13, 2011
Frank Ortman, 553rd
RW, passed away January 1987
Ted Ostendorf, 553rd
RW, passed away July 26, 2002
Ed Pacheco, 553rd FMS,
passed away August 9, 2008
Ralph V. Parks, 554th
RS, passed away May 19, 2004
Donald L. Payton,
553rd RW, passed away February 12, 2010
Ed Penny, 553rd RS,
passed away April 26, 2005
Lloyd Reeder, 553rd
RW, passed away September 6, 2006
Condrado "Conrad"
Rico, 553rd RS, passed away September 2007
Michael "Mike"
Riggs, 553rd RS, passed away May 20, 2005
James "Robbie"
Robinson, 554th RS, passed away July 10,
2011
Darrel Rook, 553rd RS,
passed away November 9, 2008
Harry "Skip" H. Rumble
III, 553rd EMS, passed away May 30, 2010
Thomas Edward Sandelin,
553rd RW, passed away 1987
Alton "Sandy"
Sandifer, 553rd EMS, passed away unknown
date
Joe Santana, 553rd RS,
passed away November 19, 2010
Rudy Scheithauer,
554th RS, passed away September 5, 2010
Robert "Bob"
Slane, 553rd RW, passed away March 16, 2011
Jerry J. "JJ"
Smith, 554th RS, passed away June 23, 2009
Bob Snellgrove, 553rd
RS, passed away late 1980's
Randy Spencer, 553rd
RS, passed away November 19, 2008
Henry "Harry"
Timmermans, 553rd RW, passed away March 13,
1989
Francis "Frank"
Tomanio, 554th RS, passed away unknown date
Vinny Trovato, 553rd
FMS, passed away December 23, 2008
Charles Van Allman,
554th RS, passed away July 7, 2011
Thomas Vansickle,
553rd OMS, passed away 2002
Bobby D. Wagnon, 554th RS,
passed away 2009
Mike White, 553rd RW,
passed away 1983
Ray "Willy"
Wilcox, 554th RS, passed away October 23,
2009
Chet Worthen, 553rd
RW, passed away November 2007
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