HONORED ON PANEL 39E, LINE 55 OF THE WALL
KARL MERRITT WALDRON JR
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KARL M WALDRON JR
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LEFT FOR KARL MERRITT WALDRON JR
POSTED ON 2.19.2025
POSTED BY: ANON
Never forgotten
Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
HOOAH
HOOAH
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POSTED ON 3.14.2024
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you....
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. That you served in three wars attests to your devotion to our country. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever.
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POSTED ON 10.16.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear LTC Karl Waldron, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Aircraft Pilot. I researched you on the 55th anniversary of the start of your tour. 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 2.16.2018
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of LTC Karl M. Waldron Jr.
On February 14, 1968, a USAF AC-47D "Spooky" gunship (#43-49859) from the 14th Air Commando Squadron departed Phan Rang Air Base in Ninh Thuan Province, RVN, on a close air support mission. Just five miles south of Phan Rang airbase the airplane was shot down with the loss of all eight aircrew members and one Marine observer on board. The lost personnel included pilot LTC Karl M. Waldron Jr., co-pilot MAJ Edward B. Quill Jr., navigator CPT Thomas J. Margle, flight engineer SSGT Warren M. Dixon, loadmasters SSGT Robert K. Kawamura and SSGT Roger G. Lee, gunners SGT James H. Bennett and SGT Brent J. Tosh, and Marine observer CPL Russell J. Fauser Jr. from Subunit 1, 1st ANGLICO, FMFPAC, who reportedly survived the shootdown but later died at 377th USAF Dispensary at Tan Son Nhut. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and ac47-gunships.com]
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