National Vigilance Park near Fort Meade, Maryland near Washington, D.C.
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NATIONAL VIGILANCE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1958 SOVIET MIG FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE C-130 #60528 OVER ARMENIA THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE SEVENTEEN AIRMEN WHO PERISHED THAT DAY, AND THEIR ARMED FORCES COMPATRIOTS WHO WERE KILLED, INJURED, TAKEN PRISONER OR UNACCOUNTED FOR IN OTHER INCIDENTS WHILE PERFORMING A MISSION VITAL TO AMERICA'S SECURITY.
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IN MEMORY OF THE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR AIR CREWS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT
Jack D. Knepp Dennis D. Bogle Paul V. Black Robert D. Uhl Henry N. Heide II James R. Smith Gary C. David Frank A. Sablan Michael W. Marker Harold L. Algaard,br>John T. Strawn Richard J. Hentz Rodney D. Osborne
ALWAYS OUT FRONT
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IN MEMORIAM THEY DIED HONORABLY ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1958 WHILE ENGAGED IN THE SILENT WAR AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE
Paul E. Duncan Edward J. Jeruss Ricardo M. Villarreal Arthur L. Mello Robert J. Oshinskie Clement O. Mankins Archie T. Bourg, Jr. Joel H. Fields Gerald H. Medeiros Rudy J. Swiestra John E. Simpson George P. Petrochilos Laroy Price Gerald C. Maggiacomo Robert H. Moore Harold T. Kamps James E. Ferguson, Jr.
DEDICATED ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1997
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The EA-3B BuNo 144850, Ranger-12, assigned to Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VQ-2), crashed during an operational mission in the Mediterranean on 25 January 1987 while landing on the USS Nimitz, killing all seven crew members
Stephen H. Batchelder Ronald R. Callander Richard A. Herzing Alan A. Levine Patrick R. Price James D. Richards Craig H. Rudolf
This EA-3B, dedicated at National Vigilance Park in July 2004, bears the markings of the lost aircraft, to commemorate their sacrifice.
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