THE WALL OF FACES

Major James Herbert Allred, Served with the 117th Assault Helicopter Company, 145th Aviation Battalion, United States Army Support Group Vietnam, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV).

Sir, you were a highly respected officer, and I will always remember that day we all volunteered to look for you, and we found you. We couldn't save you, but we could honor you by seeing that you got home. I may not have been timely in posting my feelings, but I have never forgotten that day, and it's memory has been a frequent visitor in my mind.

DEAR MAJOR ALLRED,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS PILOT.
REST IN PEACE

On December 14, 1963, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B (tail number 62-04569) from the 117th Assault Helicopter Company was involved in a crash when the aircraft went into the surf line south of Qui Nhon while enroute to perform a night medical evacuation of wounded ARVNs. Three crewmen were drowned in the incident. They included pilot MAJ James H. Allred, and gunners PFC Terrance L. Lovenguth and PFC Jean Claude T.E. Esnault. The co-pilot, 1LT J.M. Busch, survived with injuries. [Taken from vhpa.org]

Dear Major James Herbert Allred, 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