498TH AIR AMBULANCE (DUSTOFF)

To the best “Dustoff” crew in Nam……….

We were on a night ambush when we saw your ship hit the side of the mountains. What an awful sight that was….we knew we had lost the best medivac crew there was. You guys died doing what you did best – save(ing) lives. Without you and others like you, we would have lost more guys in the field….

You will NEVER be forgotten…….
Jim Jenkins (Gray Summit, MO)
173rd Airborne Brigade
Vietnam

KIA Ocotber 26, 1970 –

CWO – W1 Donald Cool (age 24) – Panel 6 West – Line 22
WO – W1 Charles Smith (age 22) – Panel 6 West – Line 24
PFC Dennis Reese (age 20) – Panel 6 West – Line 24
PFC Karl Reineccius (age 20) – Panel 6 West – Line 24

All were members of the 498th Air Ambulance (DUSTOFF)
God be with them….