AnothAnother American Hero POW/MIA WO1 William Arthur Kimsey Jr. |
TextYou'veYou've never walked in this man's shoes, Or seen things thru his eyes. I wonder what your thoughts might be if you'd been in his shoes since he's been gone. He had a family, Mother, Father, Sibblings, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Friends, and maybe a Wife and Children. This I don't know yet. What I do know is they all love him and they want him home. He had just turned 21. I know God Loves him and is going to take care of him. He is going to give him strength and courage. I know he is my definition of a Hero. He stood up to defend this priviledged land we live in called America. Whether we belonged over there in that fight or not. Freedom was the call he went to defend. Ever since this country was inhabited by the European Countries, the people who came over here was looking for freedom of religion., among others. The Freedoms we enjoy today came at a very high price. Lives, Limbs, Minds, Families, among the list. Please contact your elected officials and DEMAND a full and acurate accounting. It's their right to be accounted for. We have an obligation to bring them HOME. Please help bring them home. WFS/6-12-2000 My adopted POW/MIA William Arthur Kimsey Jr. Name : William Arthur Kimsey Jr. Rank /Branch : W2/US Army Unit : 220th Recon Aviation Company, 17th Aviation Group,1st. Aviation Brigade Date of Birth : 09 January 1947 [Oak Ridge, Tn.] Home City of Record : Reliance,Tn. Loss Date : 21 January 1968 Country of Loss : North Vietnam Loss Coordinates : 170013N 1070543E [YD230810] Status [in 1973] : Missing In Action Category : 4 Acft/Vehicle/Ground : O1D Refno : 1001 Source : Compiled from one or more of the following : raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources,interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. Network in 1998. Other Personnel In Incident : Charles J. Ramsay [missing] REMARKS : SYNOPSIS: On January 21,1968, an O1D aircraft [tail#57-2930] from "Catkillers" [220th Recon Aviation Company] departed the Hue/Phu Bai airfield on a combat support mission [the Marines describe the mission as an "NGF mission over North Vietnam"] over the [DMZ] Demilitarized Zone. The crew of the aircraft consisted of U.S.Army WO1 William A Kimsey Jr. pilot ; and U.S.Marine Capt.Charles J. Ramsay, aerial observer. The aircraft was directing Naval gunfire on an active anti-aircraft site when radio contact was lost. Just prior to radio failure, WO Kimsey reported that their aircraft had been hit.A Forward Air Controller [FAC] on station conducted a search for several hours without locating the crash site or making contact with the crew. Defence Department records list a slight variance in latitude and longitude location of loss for Kimsey and Ramsay, but the U.S.Army confirms that both men were last known to be at grid coordinates YD230810, and that there is n reason to suspect either of the crew bailed out. Bill Kimsey had been 21 for two weeks when his O1D aircraft was shot down just into North Vietnam near the DMZ. Ramsay was an "old man" of 35. There has been no further word of him or of Charles Ramsay Although there is no substantive information on the crew of the O1D, evidence continues to mount that some Americans are still held |
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Textprisoners of war. There are nearly 2500 Americans who did not return from Southeast Asia at the end of the war.Some were known to have been taken prisoner. Most can be accounted for by the communist governments of the region. The Vietnamese have continually raised the issue of accountability in the context of aid and/or diplomatic and trade relations, but the U.S. Government has been reluctant to negotiate on this basis, preferring instead to maintain a strict "humanitarian" level of discussion, which has resulted in the return of a few remains, but no American prisoners of war. Our American soldiers go to war prepared to be wounded, taken prisoner, even prepared to die. They do not go prepared to be abandoned. If there is even ONE American alive, we must do every- thing possible to bring him home. |
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This page is dedicated to William Arthur Kimsey Jr. He was a POW/MIA since January 21, 1968. His remains have been found, identified, and returned to his family. This page will continue to exist to honor his sacrifice and his memory. He has been accounted for but many have not. Please continue to pray and work towards this goal. |
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