O-51 Bunker
Attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, "TET" Jan 31, 1968
showing the carnage to the O-51 Bunker
Memorial to those lost at Tan Son Nhut AB 31 January 1968 by Col. Billy Jack Carter.
This is copied from the audio.

Gentlemen, it is with sincere mixed emotion that I speak to you this morning.

While we're gathered here to honor our four men who died in defense of the base on 31 January.

I feel a keen sense of loss and I know you do, they were our friends, coworkers, and they were fine Security Policemen.

On the other hand I am filled with pride that I think of the job they had to do, the job they did and when I think of their gallantry and courage.

And finally, when I remember that when the chips were down, these men kept fighting and gave their lives that some of the rest of us are alive today on this air base.

In this sense, it is particularly the privilege that we are gathered here by 051 bunker to honor the memories of Sgts Fisher, Mills, Hebron, and Cyr.

For it's here that they made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the base and our common goals of freedom and liberty.

And you will remember that many of you gentlemen standing here risk your lives for the same goals.

If I have learned nothing else in the past few difficult weeks, it's one thing that each one of you, as a member of this squadron, had you been here, you would have done no less.

At this time I think we should pause in silence and remember the heroic sacrifice from four members of our squadron.

May God bless Sgts Fisher, Mills, Hebron, and Cyr and God bless you all, gentlemen.

Sounds of a plane flying overhead and the sound of volleys of 3 rounds from 7 rifles in 21 gun salute 		Col Carter
Leonard Scott James Tribble Thomas Warren Lou Vitale Earnest J. Wymer
Those who served between 1965-1966
 NAME  RANK  65 - 66  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Jennings, Walter  TSgt  65 - 66  
 Peterson, Charles Benjamin  A1C  10/65 - 10/66  
 Price, John Jeff    11/65 - 11/66  
 Ralls, Robert    65 - 66  
 Scott, Leonard
 Sandpoint, ID		  A1C  11/65 - 12/66  
 Tribble, Jim  A1C  11/65 - 11/66  
 Vitale, Lou    10/65 - 11/66  
 Warren, Thomas J.  A1C  10/65 - 09/66  
 Weiland, Don  A2C  12/65 - 04/66  
 Wymer, Earnest Jack  A2C  11/65 - 11/66  
     65 - 66  
   377th Air POLICE SQUADRON
   "C" FLIGHT 		   DATE:  05 - 06 Aug 1966    TIME:
2030-0600
ECHO SECTOR
POST DUTY TITLE NAME AND RANK EQUIPMENT
    1   Sector NCOIC   TSgt Walter Jennings   
    2   SAT Leader/Riders   SSgt Dean, A1C J. Smith, A1C Tribble   
    3   SAT Leader/Riders   SSgt Miller, A1C Wymer, A1C Roscoe   
    4   O-51 Gate   A1C J. Smith, A1C Tribble   
    5   Revetments   A2C Shadrie "Chief"   
    6   Revetments   A2C Podowski   
    7   Revetments   A1C J. William   
    8   Revetments   A2C Ralls   
    9   Revetments   A2C Vitale   
    10   Revetments   A2C Perez   
    11   Revetments   A1C Price   
    12   Revetments   A1C Proctor   
    13   Revetments   A1C Starr   
    14   Revetments   A2C Conway   
    15   Revetments   A2C Hadtke   
    16   Revetments   AB H. Brown   
    17   Revetments   A1C Broesch   
    18   Revetments   A2C Love   
    19   Revetments   A2C Scott   
    20   Revetments   A2C Peterson   
    21   Revetments   A2C Reagan   
    22   Revetments   A2C Pipic   
    23   Revetments   A2C Zianko   
    24   Revetments   A2C Mintz   
    25   Water Tower   H. Williams   
    26   RMX Checkpoint   A1C McSweeney   
    27   OFF   SSgt Habecker
 SSgt Milligan
 A1C Paylor
 A2C Pland
 A1C Phillips		   
    28   R&R   TSgt Walter Jennings   
    Password   "Hotspot 10"      
Remarks:  Guardmount will be conducted at 2000 hours 05 Aug 1966
Echo Sector Duty Roster submitted by:  Earnest J. Wymer  (zeke)
H.E. Brown Jerold Cook R.T. Dean Barry L. Habecker TSgt Walter Jennings A2C Mintz William Moore Richard Ottensman C.W. Plank George Podowski Richard Roberts Fred Shadrie Ed Shear William C. Trimble
Echo Sector Men
Those who served between 1966-1967
 NAME  RANK  66 - 67  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Brown, H.E.    66 - 67  
 Childress, Terry    12/66 - 12/67  
 Cook, Jerold R.  TSgt  11/66 - 09/67  Deceased:
 Nov 29, 2016
 Dean, R.T.    66 - 67  
 Habecker, Barry L.  SSgt  06/66 - 04/67  
 Jennings, Walter TSgt/NCOIC  66 - 67  
 Mintz  A2C  66 - 67  
 Moore, William    66 - 67  
 Ottensman, Richard
 Perrysburg, OH		    11/66 - 11/67  
 Plank, C.W.    66 - 67  
 Podowski, George
 Frankfort, IL		    66 - 67  
 Pounds, Ronald L.    11/66 - 07/67  
 Roberts, Richard
 Port Charlotte, FL		  SGT  07/66 - 07/67  
 Shadrie, Fred    66 - 67  
 Shear, Ed    66 - 67  
 Trimble, William C.  A1C  09/66 - 09/67  
     66 - 67  
Larry Blades Antonio Betancourt Phil Block Denis Cook William Joseph Cyr Ronald Duckworth Louis H. Fischer Roger Galvan Stanlely Gilbert Michael Guthrie Charles Edward Hebron Dana E. Hutchison Roger B. Mills Larry Moubry Ignacio Perez Frank Ybarbo
Honorary Combat Infantryman
Those who served between 1967-1968
 NAME  RANK  67 - 68  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Betancourt, Antonio  SGT  12/67 - 12/68  
 Blades, Larry E.  SGT  67 - 68  
 Block, Phil  SGT  07/67 - 07/68  
 Coggins, Alonzo J.  SGT  67 - 68  
 Cook, Denis  SGT  12/67 - 12/68  DECEASED: May 21, 2017
 Cyr, William J.  SGT  67 - 68   DECEASED: Jan 31, 1968
 Dorrell, Steven    67 - 68  
 Duckworth, Ron  SGT  09/67 - 09/68  
 Fischer, Louis H.  SGT  67 - 68   DECEASED: Jan 31, 1968
 Galvan, Roger C.  SGT  03/67 - 03/68  
 Gilbert, Eugene  SGT  10/67 - 10/68  
 Gilbert, Stanley  SGT  1967 - 1968  
 Guthrie, Michael  A2C  01/67 - 01/68   DECEASED: 2010
 Hebron, Charles E.  SGT  67 - 68   DECEASED: Jan 31, 1968
 Hill, Jon D.  SGT  Jul 1967 - Dec 1968
 Jun 1970 - Jun 1971		  
 Hutchison, Dana E.
 Zanesville, OH		  SGT  Aug 1967 - Aug 1968  
 Kelley, Walter
  		 SGT  1967 - 1968  
 McGlaughlin, Donald L.  SGT  05/67 - 05/68  
 Mills, Roger B.  SGT  67 - 68   DECEASED: Jan 31, 1968
 Moubry, Larry  SGT  67 - 68  
 Palmer, Billy M.  (NCOIC)  TSGT  67 - 68  
 Passwaters, Larry    10/67 - 11/68  
 Perez, Ignacio
 Austin, TX		  SGT  11/67 - 11/68  
Thomas Haynes ChesterHollins
Those who served between 1968-1969
 NAME  RANK  68 - 69  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Hancock, Jack E.  SGT  68 - 70  
 Haynes, Thomas  SGT  10/68 - 07/69  
 Hollins, Chester  SGT  68 - 69  
 Martin, David R.  SGT  12/68 - 12/69  
     68 - 69  
Greene Pat Houseworth Samuel King Gene Maloney
Those who served between 1969-1970
 NAME  RANK  69 - 70  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Arbogast, James    03/69 - 03/70  
 Balliet, Albert
 Eureka, CA		    10/69 - 10/70  
 Greene, Carl    06/69 - 05/70  
 Hart, Chuck    11/69 - 11/70  
 Houseworth, Pat
 Celina, OH		    12/69 - 06/70  
 King, Samuel  Sgt  69 - 70  
 Maloney, Gene    69 - 70  
     69 - 70  
Those who served between 1970-1971
 NAME  RANK  70 - 71  E-MAIL ADDRESS
     70 - 71  
Those who served between 1971-1972
 NAME  RANK  71 - 72  E-MAIL ADDRESS
 Sandell, Mike    03/71 - 04/72  
     71 - 72  
Those who served between 1972-1973
 NAME  RANK  72 - 73  E-MAIL ADDRESS
     72 - 73  
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