THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever....

LT COL Briggs, You are remembered. OV-10A 68-3786.

Colonel Frank Howard Briggs, Served with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 7th Air Force.

Dear Col. Briggs,
Thank you for your service as a Pilot. This is Independence Day weekend, and it is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

On October 19, 1969, MAJ James C. Woods and LTC Frank H. Briggs, both of the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, were conducting a routine training and standardization flight from Bien Hoa Air Base in a OV-10B (#68-3786). Between Bien Hoa and Long Thanh North AAF the aircraft was hit by enemy fire in the starboard engine. The starboard engine failed while on short ground-controlled approach (GCA) final. The resulting asymmetric thrust and drag forced the aircraft into a low-altitude starboard roll and its right wing impacted the ground, ending in a cart-wheeling crash on the runway. Neither LTC Briggs nor MAJ Woods was able to escape from the aircraft before impact and both were killed in the crash. MAJ Woods was a Dart Forward Air Controller with 246 days in combat and 10 years of service. [Taken from pownetwork.org and virtualwall.org]