The whole affair is a travesty of justice without honor for our service. Just Broke 90, I moved from the storage section over to the motor pool in the bomb dump. Bladder Cancer is not a recognized disability from Dioxin exposure. Still searching, so If anyone has some evidence. We walked the perimeter with no knowledge of the contamination in our mist. I need photos showing proximity of engine shop at Ubon. He filed for claims in 2016 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thank you for gathering and preserving these records and stories. Crisp..Thank you. Served with the 432nd MMS in Udorn from September 1966-67. So far all claims been denied over the last 20 years .Hypertension, Diabetes II, Liver and skin cancer, Cardiac ablation (2002), etc.
U.S. Launches Agent Orange Clean-Up at Vietnamese Air Base remove a user's privilege to post content on the Library site. would like to get in contact with anyone that was stationed at 7 RRFS. They will guide you on the process. 2.I dislike____RELYING_____too much on other people. I have several of the illnesses associated with AO. One was brought down by a surface-to-air missile from which the crewmen one of whom was the squadron commander, Wing Commander Frank Downing safely ejected and were rescued via helicopter, and another was lost during a bombing run around Da Nang. I was stationed at Takhli RTAFB in 72/73 and after 11 years of battling the VA I have been granted 100% disabled due to diabetes and severe poly neuropathy. He is also gone now. Mostly performimng perimeter security in towers and bunkers. God Bless, and good luck on the benefit that you so deserve. I was at Takhli from Feb 1973 until Mar 1974 as a Jet Engine mechanic and worked at the trim pad. Read his blog and hopefully he can provide some information I am looking for . I was a Radio Communications Analysis Specialist. We were not a combat unit, but was exposed to Agent Orange! I was in Takhli 68-69, Hanoi Hanna said the Cong was coming over Dec. 3, 1968 and so myself and others were training along part of the jungle and perimeter of the base and I was set along the flight line during that time. He never talked about it much but I know he was there when the base was attacked. 3 men in my family served in S.E.A. We on a regular basis ran our engines on the trim pad down by the perimeter. I lived on the perimeter road where the Pathit Lao sappers broke through. Having to work on the Gunships meant that I was within 200m of the perimeter. 3967 the Veteran must prove he/she was stationed at a base in Thailand, have a least one AO presumptive condition, and have current medical records filed with the claim to back it up. The style is literary nonfiction. I was stationed at Korat AFB july67 july68, I want to know how many people stationed there had thyroid problems later in life. I have stage 4 kidney disease as well. we lived in tents, waited for rain to shower and ate c-rats until the seabees came. If you served on active duty in any of these locations, well automatically assume (or presume) that you had exposure to Agent Orange. Youll want to look way down at the bottom of the file to see what the final decision was. 05h20. Unfortunately the rules dictating the contents of comments on Library of Congress blog posts does not allow personal information to be published. It wasnt a us base then. Awaiting a board review if I am around that long. In September 1965 I moved the battalion to Phan Rang for Cam Ran Bay and we started the construction of the base. I know a little about the initial base as I arrived there in the summer of 1965 as the Operations Officer of the 62d Engineer Battalion (Construction) USA. These idiot think that when agent orange was sprayed on the perimeter an around our barracks that it just stayed in one pot and was never air born. I have developed Myasthenia Gravis,( 6 years now).My Nuerologist and a MG specialist feel that it is caused by AO.They have contacted the VA numerous times,regarding the high rates of MG cases among people who served in Thailand and Vietnam.The VA has denied me regarding AO. We served our country; they subjected us to bad toxins; then they reject our claims! In Thailand, Agent Orange was used to clear the jungle around bases, as a means to enhance security. Using that argument and other documents, BVA ruled in my favor and Ordered VA to rethink their denial for all those years. I am diabetic, have had colon cancer, and have severe arthritis that I have to take shots in the stomach for. I also worked on the flight line working on the AC-130s but the VA didnt care one bit.. yesterday i received my summery of case with a flat denial on my second appeal.. Lm now 70 and am getting medical care for the disorders and cancers resulting from all the spraying of chemicals while I was stationed there. I was with the 331st Supply Company. Walt C passed away 2020 from intestinal cancer. We lived and dined in tent cities with no running water. I believe that is where my father was in Vietnam about 1967. I started taking my medications and the A1c was not coming down. I have contacted an attorney. Parkinsons has come up in discussion in the last year. I now take that to mean Hmong tribesmen. I will check with him. WE WOULD GO TO NKP AND REMAIN OVER NIGHT(RON) AND THEN FLY A MISSIO AND COME BACK TO DANANG. Please contact me. Williamson) I also spent much of my free time in the city of Korat. 3 years in Thailand, A-O was used, no exposure? Im sure there are more than 100 people with problems the VA wont respond to. R diagnosed to Multiple System Atrophy in 2011 Does anyone recall specialists like me flown in for TDY on complex Voodoo repairs? Laos during the period beginning Dec1, 1965 and ending Sept 30, 1969. I left to go state side in June, 1966. I saw it once just before I left. First 7 months I ran our 12 bed ward and the last 5 months I worked in the ER. We worked a 12 on 12 off shift with a two day break then shift change.
Phan Rang Air Base Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2 The disagreements outcome became known as Palace Lightning, and I wound up at Kunsan AFB. Havent had any luck finding maps showing our location on the base. No one knows where his file is for me to see if I qualify for DIC. I lost the hair on most of my arms, especially on my wrists for several years. Have an ischemic heart problem which resulted in a massive heart attack. Service number: (used before SS#s) ALSO FLEW TO UBON, UDORN, U-TAPAO AND SOME OBSCCURE ARMY AIRFIELD WITH A BLOWN ENGINE. To qualify for exposure you needed to be within 500 yards of the perimeter.
Hotspots - AOR: Agent Orange Record My late brother Thomas David Coovert took care of the F100s there, and was at Da Nang before that, during his first tour taking care of the F4 Phantoms. I served from August 68 until August 69 at Utapao AFB in the 556 Red Horse Squadron laying concrete and forms throughout the base. Thanks, Jin A, I hit the jackpot, I was in Thailand Feb 72 to Feb 73, assigned to the 307th FMS at UTapao, and 90 days TDY to Korat to the 4104th Air Refueling Provisional. If you open Google or some other search engine, type this phrase: Citation NR: Then type in a base, or an ailment or combo of. Anyone who can send maps of Korat or have gotten disability from Agent Orange that was stationed there during Siagon evac or Mayaquez please send any info or pictures. After many denials and appeals, and taking it as far as I could with my Vet Rep, I contacted the Veterans Consortium online who works with attorneys who work pro bono for veterans or their survivors. Worked in the ammo dump..any buddies out there? Your military records show which contracted airlines took you there and return. Served at Ubon Aug. 1971 to Aug. 1972 and Korat Jan. 1973 to June, 1973. ANY ONE BELIEVE I have had a lung condition for many years thats progressively growing worse and has most recent diagnosis is emphysema. VA wants to deny my claim of exposure to Agent Orange present there and my exposure being the cause of this disease and disability. We both had prostate cancer at the same time. 3. your physician can state your illnesses, like chf, diabetes, PTSD, tinnitus, any of the presumptive illnesses on the VA forms or in a letter. In January 2023 I received a letter from VA that encourage me to submit a supplement claim because in August 2022 was signed PACT ACT and now a lot of people may be eligible for benefits and need to do it to reevaluate cases. Iv been trying to get VA benefits for myself since my husband has passed away 2 1/2 years go.VA has. Is there a way to prove I was sent TDY as there do not seem to be records other than one of my performance reviews from a MSGT who I was stationed with in Thailand. For those veterans that served at U-Tapao RTNB, I WOULD love to know that there was a klong (creek) running sort of parallel to the main gate entrance road? Phan Rang AB News No. Bob. STATIONED AT UDORN DEC. 1973-DEC.1974 I was at 3rd Field 1967-68. Most of the year I operated a loader on the mountain, loading trucks with fill dirt for the runways. Greetings. They paid the locals to keep their fields low. Walt, your father or even you should consider joining our Phan Rang AB FB group and he might even be able to reconnect with some old friends and we also have an annual reunion. My father was stationed at Takhli from Jul 69-Jul 70. The VA has turned down my claim now three times. 1968.if so lets communicate.I need help to substanuate I have maps and I explained every detail that I could think of wish me luck! Although told from the authors perspective and guided by his memories, Walker has done a tremendous amount of research to fill in details and verify his recollections. About this group. I was at Takhli right after it reopened till July or August 1973. This photo was taken in May 1969 during a VIP visit to Phan Rang AB, RVN by M/Gen. I served in the army at comm sites at Utapao Korat, and Hill 272 Sattahip. our commo center was the largest and only link for all communications from vietnam into thailand they all came thur warin ics. Yes, Udorn was sprayed with Agent Orange, the exact date I do not have but I know they sprayed because when you entered the chow halls they had a note telling individuals to indoors from like 8 to 12 pm. I served in Tahkli Thailand, I have peripheral neuropathy, I have had it for 11 years now, it continues to get worse in my feet and hands. My name is Chris Gaines,I was in the Seabees MCB-5 1971-75.I helped build Nam Phong base for the Marines The Rose Garden. Phan Rang Air Base Phan Rang and Bin Ha Convoys, 1966 Photos by . Det 25 10th Weather Squadron. By the way, there was a lot of complaints about the barracks area. Was in ubon 1968 497th tac f4 crew chief tail #823, Any body from 325th signal bat. There we delivered them to Orientals that I assumed were Cambodians. The pol tank farm 16 hours on night shift. Larry. The proof of my services there was the passport the US Army issued me for that mission. Fast forward, got non-hopkins lymphoma. I asked my brother many times about his experiences while at Udorn. Looking for anyone who was there because you walk out revetment and the perimeter fence was across the street and had a bunker on the corner of the road going to the bomb dump.