Hurlburt Field in Okaloosa County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

A-1E Skyraider

Photographed By Mark Hilton, November 17, 2016

1. A-1E Skyraider Memorial

Inscription.

A-1E Skyraider. . , This aircraft memorial is dedicated to all USAF personnel and our fellow South Vietnamese airmen who flew the A-1 in the Southeast Asia conflict. It also commemorates all those who selflessly gave their lives in combat to preserve the ideals that we and freedom loving people throughout the world so highly cherish., Additional, nearby marker: , In Memory of these Honorable Men Lost , During USAF A-1 Operations in Southeast Asia, Charles F Allen · Frank A Armstrong · Gregory I Barras · Glenn A Belcher · Edward A Blake · Leo S Boston · John R Burns · Robert I Bush · Joseph H Byrne · William Campbell · Clyde W Campbell · Ronald M Canter · Oliver C Chase Jr · James B East · Esequiel M Encinas · Patrick M Fallon · Donald B Fincher · John L Flinn · George E Flynn II · Wallace A Ford · Robert D Gallup · Kurt W Gareiss · Johnny H Godfrey · Richard D Goss · David J Gunster · William W Hail · John S Hamilton · Joseph L Hart · Jerry P Hawkins · Gerald R Helmich · Duane A Helmick · Thomas M Hergert · James W Herrick · Raymond Hetrick · Don R Hood · Edward M Hudgens · Paul R Johns · George W Kamenicky · William L Kieffer · John C Knaggs · Roy A Knight Jr · Charles Kuhlmann · Robert G Lapham · Carroll B Lilly · Albro L Lundy Jr · Richard W Lytle · Glenn R Manning · Richard Marshall · Michael Masterson · Oscar Mauterer · Robert Middlebrooks · Donald R Moore · Otis C Morgan · Thomas H McCarty · Paul T McClellan · Thomas C McEwen · Fred L McPherson · Wayne E Newberry · Hubert C Nichols Jr · Rudolph L Nunn · John L O’Brien · Lyn D Oberdier · Donald C Patch · FW Picking · Joseph Pirruccello · Alan D Piittmann · Louis R Raleigh · William Richardson · Richard J Robbins · Lewis M Robinson · Charles E Rogers · John M Roper · Richard L Russell · Robert L Sandner · Lloyd M Scott · Theodore Shorack · Darrell J Spinler · Stanley Sprague · Arthur R Sprott · Glen J Taliaferro · Lawrence Tatum · Charles E Teague · Henry A Tipping · Halton R Vincent · George F Vlisides · David R Wagner · Kenneth E Walker · Richard A Walsh III · Neal C Ward · Donald Westbrook · James A Wheeler · Robert F Wilke · Robert C Williams · John V Williams · James C Wise Jr · Roger E Witte · Wayne B Wolfkeil.

This aircraft memorial is dedicated to all USAF personnel and our fellow South Vietnamese airmen who flew the A-1 in the Southeast Asia conflict. It also commemorates all those who selflessly gave their lives in combat to preserve the ideals that we and freedom loving people throughout the world so highly cherish.

Additional, nearby marker:
In Memory of these Honorable Men Lost
During USAF A-1 Operations in Southeast Asia

Charles F Allen · Frank A Armstrong · Gregory I Barras · Glenn A Belcher · Edward A Blake · Leo S Boston · John R Burns · Robert I Bush · Joseph H Byrne · William Campbell · Clyde W Campbell · Ronald M Canter · Oliver C Chase Jr · James B East · Esequiel M Encinas · Patrick M Fallon · Donald B Fincher · John L Flinn · George E Flynn II · Wallace A Ford · Robert D Gallup · Kurt W Gareiss · Johnny H Godfrey · Richard D Goss · David J Gunster · William W Hail · John S Hamilton · Joseph L Hart · Jerry P Hawkins · Gerald R Helmich · Duane A Helmick · Thomas M Hergert · James W Herrick · Raymond Hetrick · Don R Hood · Edward M Hudgens · Paul R Johns · George W Kamenicky · William L Kieffer · John C Knaggs · Roy A Knight Jr · Charles Kuhlmann · Robert G Lapham · Carroll B Lilly · Albro L Lundy Jr · Richard W Lytle · Glenn R Manning · Richard Marshall · Michael Masterson ·

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Oscar Mauterer · Robert Middlebrooks · Donald R Moore · Otis C Morgan · Thomas H McCarty · Paul T McClellan · Thomas C McEwen · Fred L McPherson · Wayne E Newberry · Hubert C Nichols Jr · Rudolph L Nunn · John L O’Brien · Lyn D Oberdier · Donald C Patch · FW Picking · Joseph Pirruccello · Alan D Piittmann · Louis R Raleigh · William Richardson · Richard J Robbins · Lewis M Robinson · Charles E Rogers · John M Roper · Richard L Russell · Robert L Sandner · Lloyd M Scott · Theodore Shorack · Darrell J Spinler · Stanley Sprague · Arthur R Sprott · Glen J Taliaferro · Lawrence Tatum · Charles E Teague · Henry A Tipping · Halton R Vincent · George F Vlisides · David R Wagner · Kenneth E Walker · Richard A Walsh III · Neal C Ward · Donald Westbrook · James A Wheeler · Robert F Wilke · Robert C Williams · John V Williams · James C Wise Jr · Roger E Witte · Wayne B Wolfkeil

Erected 1972 by the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park Council.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military • War, Vietnam.

Location. 30° 24.824′ N, 86° 42.038′ W. Marker is in Hurlburt Field, Florida, in Okaloosa County. Marker can be reached from Oneal Avenue. Located at the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park and access

A-1E Skyraider aircraft image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, November 17, 2016

2. A-1E Skyraider aircraft

Marker is on far right

to the base is restricted. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 315 Independence Road, Hurlburt Field FL 32544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Major Bernard Francis Fisher (here, next to this marker); Lieutenant Colonel William Atkinson Jones, III (here, next to this marker); Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); MC-130P Combat Shadow (within shouting distance of this marker); HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant" (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Ranch Hand Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); A-26 Counter-Invader (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Kingpin (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hurlburt Field.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the Douglas A-1 Skyraider in the Vietnam War. (Submitted on November 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Honor Roll of those lost flying the A-1 in Southeast Asia, on far left image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, November 17, 2016

3. Honor Roll of those lost flying the A-1 in Southeast Asia, on far left

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 556 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.