THE WALL OF FACES

Bien Hoa Air Base was a major U.S. base from 1961 through 1973, stationing Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine units. Established by the French Air Force, Bien Hoa was located on flat grounds in a rural area 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) northeast of the capital of Saigon. On November 17, 1970, a Navy construction worker died from injuries he sustained while working at Bien Hoa. CE3 Larry A. Dahms of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 (NMCB-74), 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, and another man were attempting to secure a line to a Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) antenna on a 50-foot mast which was to be moved to another location. A UH-1 helicopter from the Army’s 20th Engineer Brigade hovered above the antenna with a hoist line underneath. After the housing holding the antenna was unbolted from the mast, the helicopter drifted causing a fracture in the housing below where Dahms’ safety belt was attached. He subsequently fell approximately four stories to the ground. The other lineman’s belt was lower down the housing, and he was unharmed. Dahms was transported to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital on Long Binh Post where he died from cardiac arrest due to massive chest and extremities trauma. He was 23 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

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POSTED ON 12.8.2024

POSTED BY: [email protected]

CE3 Larry A. Dahms’ Military ID

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POSTED ON 5.27.2023

POSTED BY: ANON

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Never forgotten.

Semper Fortis

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POSTED ON 4.15.2022

POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your niece Beth Miller is poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

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POSTED ON 6.6.2018

POSTED BY: RAYMOND FUSTON USMC

SEMPER FI

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