THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

Dear Lt Lance La Grange, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Aircraft Pilot. Your 75th birthday is soon, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. For many of us, we have begun Lent. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Thanks to Lance and “Charlie” for great memories in Class 68A at Craig AFB, AL. Lance was clearly our best “Stick” and set a great standard for the rest of us to aspire to.

We lost a great friend and aviator when Lance took his final flight in this world.

Lance La Grange was raised in Maspeth, NY and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He graduated at the top of his USAF pilot training class 68A at Craig AFB and flew F- 100's with the with the 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force at Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam. His combat tour began on 6 June 68 and he was KIA during a Landing Zone Prep mission in Binh Dinh Province on Jul 02, 1968. He was married to Charlene Lagrange (who suffered a stroke while flying from Dayton to Albany, NY). "Charlie" as she was known to her friends nickname did not remarry.

Dear Mr. Lance La Grange, 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