JOHN E STACKHOUSE
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HONORED ON PANEL 10E, LINE 93 OF THE WALL

JOHN E STACKHOUSE

WALL NAME

JOHN E STACKHOUSE

PANEL / LINE

10E/93

DATE OF BIRTH

11/21/1939

CASUALTY PROVINCE

QUANG TRI

DATE OF CASUALTY

09/13/1966

HOME OF RECORD

KANSAS CITY

COUNTY OF RECORD

Cass County

STATE

MO

BRANCH OF SERVICE

AIR FORCE

RANK

CAPT

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POSTED ON 1.30.2017

Final Mission of CAPT John E. Stackhouse

On September 13, 1966, CAPT John E. Stackhouse and 1LT Benjamin B. Finzer were killed after their USAF F-4C “Wolfpack” Phantom II (#63-7694) from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron crashed on takeoff from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Soon after becoming airborne, the aircraft went into an excessively steep pitch angle, stalled, and impacted the runway. Stackhouse had been on temporary duty to the 497th. Just over a month earlier, Finzer had survived being shot down during an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam with a different pilot, successfully ejecting over the Gulf of Tonkin and being rescued by a Navy helicopter. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, 8tfw.com, and thewall-usa.com]
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POSTED ON 9.13.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter

Remembering An American Hero

Dear Captain John E Stackhouse, 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
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POSTED ON 5.27.2011

If I should die...remembrances for CAPT. John E. STACKHOUSE, USAF...who made the ultimate sacrifice!

If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undonhe, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy hearrt, and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
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POSTED ON 9.13.2003
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer

NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER

It's said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for family, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
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POSTED ON 1.27.2003
POSTED BY: USAFA AOG

U.S. Air Force Academy

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United States Air Force Academy
Association of Graduates
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