THE WALL OF FACES

MAJOR

DAVID J. RICKEL

and

MAJOR

GERALD JOSEPH CROSSON JR.



ON MAY 16, 1968

THESE TWO PILOTS WERE ASSIGNED A

MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM, IN THEIR

F4D 'PHANTOM' FIGHTER / BOMBER.

AT A POINT ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF THE CITY OF QUANG KHE,

QUANG BINH PROVINCE, NORTH VIETNAM,

THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN.

OTHER AIRCREW IN THE AREA DID NOT SEE

ANY PARACHUTES INDICATING THAT THE

TWO HAD EJECTED FROM THEIR AIRCRAFT,

NOR DID THEY HEAR ANY EMERGENCY

RADIO BEEPER SIGNALS. SEARCHES WERE

EVENTUALLY CANCELLED AND THESE TWO

FLYERS WERE CLASSIFIED AS BEING

MISSING IN ACTION.


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DAVID J. RICKEL

WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY

AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

IN THE CLASS OF 1964

WHERE HE HAD BEEN NAMED TO THE

SUPERINTENDENT'S LIST

FOR ALL EIGHT SEMESTERS FROM

1961 TO 1964.


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