THE WALL OF FACES

USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64).
On October 2,1969, a C-2A TRADER cargo was transferring crewmen from the
Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines, to the
USS CONSTELLATION on station in the Gulf of Tonkin. The C-2A was
inbound and in the hands of the marshal air controller up to 10
nautical miles from the ship when it went off the radar scopes.
Helicopter search and rescue was initiated from the ship.
Although the helicopter crew sighted an oil slick and debris, none
of the bodies of the 26 crew and passengers were found.

Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Herbert Hugh Dilger, for your courageous and valiant service, to this great country of ours!

Your Spirit is alive--and strong, therefore Sir, you shall never be forgotten!

Again, thank you Lieutenant Dilger, for a job well done!

MAYBE ONE DAY SOON.....UNTIL THEN.....HEAVENLY PEACE MY FRIEND

I have not forgotten you. I chair the Adoption Committee for The National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia. We will always remember the 1,889 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and the thousands of others that lost their lives. We will not stop our efforts until all of you are home where you belong.

We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:

Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
[email protected]

If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :

www.pow-miafamilies.org

I still wear his POW/MIA bracelet. I served with the Marine Corps in Nam 69/70. Ed Byrne