THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Captain Gregg Hollinger, Thank you for your service as a Supply Staff Officer - General Staff. You are still MIA. PLEASE COME HOME. This week is Independence Day, and there is no better time to honor you. Please watch over the USA, it still needs your strength. Be at peace.

I served in the same area that you served, at about the same time, and flew numerous times between Phu Bai and Danang.

My name is close to yours and we are likely distantly related. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

On December 14, 1971, pilot CW2 Otha L. Perry, co-pilot CAPT Cecil C. Perkins Jr., and passengers LTC John G. Boyanowski, CAPT Gregg N. Hollinger, SP4 Dwight A. Bremmer and SSGT Floyd D. Caldwell were aboard a U-21A aircraft (tail #18041), call sign "Long Trip 041, which was lost while flying an administrative mission from Phu Bai to Da Nang, South Vietnam. During the flight, about 15 miles northeast of Da Nang, the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency. The pilot reported that he had lost his number 2 engine, and had a fire. Within minutes after the emergency, both radio and radar contact was lost. The aircraft was never seen or heard from again. Search aircraft proceeded to the last known location of Long Trip 041, but inclement weather and poor visibility curtailed the search. Extensive searches were conducted for the next three days, but no trace of the aircraft or personnel was ever found. The personnel aboard the aircraft were declared dead, bodies not recoverable. [Narrative taken from pownetwork.org; image from wikipedia.org]

Dear Captain Gregg Neyman Hollinger, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

Gregg has a marker in his memory at Paul Cemetery, Paul, Mindoka County, ID.