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JAMES VERNON DAWSON
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JAMES V DAWSON
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POSTED ON 2.16.2021
POSTED BY: KR
CAPT JAMES V. DAWSON, USMA 1963 - BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE (80TH)
The “Friends of Rocky Versace” remember both one of Rocky’s fellow alumni from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Vietnam War MIA, Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA Class of 1963, USAF, on what would’ve been his 81st birthday - 16 February 2021.
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POSTED ON 2.15.2021
POSTED BY: KR
MIA Capt. James V. Dawson, USMA 1963, USAF - - SEA FIXED-WING AIR LOSS
Information about the loss of an F-100D Super Sabre jet aircraft from the 416th Tactical Fighter Sqdn launched from Tuy Hoa Air Base piloted by MIA Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA class of 1963, USAF, in Southeast Asia (SEA) (over South Vietnam - South China Sea) on 16 July 1969 is available at this link/URL on the Vietnam Air Losses website:
https://vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2278
https://vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2278
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POSTED ON 2.15.2021
POSTED BY: KR
UPDATED LINK, HONOLULU MEMORIAL (ABMC WEBSITE (MIA CAPT. Dawson))
Since the entry on this VVMF website dated 15 Feb 2018 for MIA Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA Class of 1963, USAF, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) updated the link/URL on its website for him at the Honolulu Memorial (Court "A") in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (the "Punchbowl") on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii.
The updated link/URL is:
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/dawson%3Djames-4
The updated link/URL is:
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/dawson%3Djames-4
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POSTED ON 10.12.2020
POSTED BY: KR
Capt. James V. Dawson, USMA 1963 - POW/MIA Recognition Day 2020
The Department of Defense conducted ceremonies at the Pentagon and at Hickam AFB on Friday, 18 September 2020 in commemoration of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,586 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Director (Maj. Gen, USAFR, ret) Kelly McKeague of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) also recorded a separate video message to Gold Star MIA families. Additionally, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) produced a “virtual” event on 18 Sep. Since the 2019 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 1 Vietnam War MIA. Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA class of 1963, USAF, is one of those 1,586 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is also one of 10 graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who is still MIA. The other 9 USMA MIAs (rank, name, service & class) are: (1) Col. Wallace Hynds, USAF (1945); (2) Col. Herbert Brennan, USAF (1947); (3) Col. John Armstrong, USAF (1949); (4) Maj. Carl Mitchell, USAF (1950); (5) Col. Joseph Austin, USAF (1952); (6) Col. Lawrence Tatum, USAF (1953); (7) Col. Robert Stewart, USAF (1956); (8) CPT Humbert “Rocky” Versace, USA (1959); & (9) MAJ James “Cliff” McKittrick, USA (1964).
This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Pentagon ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766486/defense-officials-recognize-prisoners-war-missing-service-members-ceremony
This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Hickam AFB ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766491/admiral-commemorates-prisoners-war-and-missing-service-members-ceremony
This is the link to DPAA Director McKeague’s video statement:
https://vimeo.com/454474340
This is the link to the VVMF virtual remembrance: https://www.vvmf.org/POWMIA-2020/
This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Pentagon ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766486/defense-officials-recognize-prisoners-war-missing-service-members-ceremony
This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Hickam AFB ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766491/admiral-commemorates-prisoners-war-and-missing-service-members-ceremony
This is the link to DPAA Director McKeague’s video statement:
https://vimeo.com/454474340
This is the link to the VVMF virtual remembrance: https://www.vvmf.org/POWMIA-2020/
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