John Kettler Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) James Alan Fowler, LT COL USAF. KIA 06/06/72 http://www.vietnamwarcasualties.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=16884 "Jim" Fowler, then a MAJ, was a hotshot F-4D pilot on the TOP SECRET/CRYPTO PAVE FIRE III program which Dad ran the technical side of at LTV Electrosystems. He and his WSO, CPT John Wayne Seull, were KIA on 06/06/72 while flying over the Mu Gia Pass on the Vietnam Laos border. This was after PAVE FIRE III ended. Word we got was they were eaten by an SA-2 whose launch they couldn't see because of a cloud layer below. Dad took this pretty hard. Jim was not only a professional colleagues and one of the men who'd flown into the teeth of S-60 fire to kill the batteries after PAVE FIRE III found them (Dad personally certified to the guys it would work), but a gregarious guy who was over to the house with the other pilots and WSOs for barbecues, shrimp fests, oyster grillings (flown in fresh from Florida on ice in a converted fuel tank, half of which was used for personal kit) and more. Wasn't every high schooler who had the cream of the Air Force's fighter crews or got taught the basics of ECM on a chalkboard in the living room! When he was downed, his WSO, whom I did not know and was never on Dad's project, was John Wayne Seull, CPT USAF. KIA 06/06/72 http://www.vietnamwarcasualties.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=46731 Neither body was ever recovered, for the karst mountain area was very heavily bombed later, but nothing in connection with them. Brother Ed has a faint recollection LT COL Fowler's widow ultimately received a twisted and burned dog tag. Regards, John Kettler Edited May 30, 2017 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just as a sidebar, I have just begun reading The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War by Dan Hampton. So far it's holding up well and is a very good read. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 SPC Brandon Stout, 46 Military Police Co. Baghdad Iraq Feb 22 2006. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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