National Vigilance Park near Fort Meade, Maryland

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National Vigilance Park near Fort Meade, Maryland

Address: Near Fort George MeadeNear Odenton Maryland Nearest Metro: N/A ()
(dcMem ID #3050)

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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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