THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

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POSTED ON 10.29.2023

POSTED BY: [email protected]

Attack on Da Nang Air Base – August 22, 1969

Da Nang Air Base was a major base with U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Marine Corps units stationed there. It was in Quang Nam Province along the northeastern coastal plain, 85 miles (137 kilometers) south of the Demilitarized Zone. At 1:40 AM on August 22, 1969, Da Nang Air Base received eleven enemy 122mm rockets. The projectiles impacted several different within the complex. The 1st Military Police Battalion compound received two rounds resulting in minor damage to power lines, water pipes, and Conex shipping containers. The Marine Air Group 11 (MAG-11) area was hit three times, injuring one and damaging a forklift. The 366th Tactical Fighter Wing section was struck six times with one round making a direct hit on Barracks 933 in Gunfighter Village. One airman, SGT Benjamin T. Walangitang from the 366th Field Maintenance Squadron, was fatally injured and 25 others were hurt. Further damage was inflicted on the base swimming pool, bakery, and storage building. Several vehicles were also damaged. Counter-battery fire was directed at suspected enemy launch positions with unobserved results. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and 366th-tfw.net]

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POSTED ON 10.14.2022

POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Sgt Benjamin Walangitang, Thank you for your service with the 366th Field Maintenance Squadron. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart . Halloween is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

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POSTED ON 4.30.2021

POSTED BY: Robert M. Horsting

The Christmas we didn't get to share.

Benny Walangitang was my uncle. Well, technically my cousin. He left the Netherlands before my mother brought my sister and me to the west coast. I don’t really remember him as we lived in different cities in NL. We were to meet him upon his pending return from his tour in Vietnam. My mother had sent him a letter and photos of us, so he would recognize us. They were planning to have him join us for Christmas 1969. Unfortunately, the letter was returned unopened. We then received word that he had died during a nighttime barrage on his airbase, near Da Nang.

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POSTED ON 11.9.2020

POSTED BY: ANON

NEVER FORGOTTEN

On the remembrance of your 86th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

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