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Over 2000 sevicemen, from all branches of the military, never retured home from the Vietnam war. I truly believe, that we need to make our government do something about this atrocity. We need to keep screaming, eventually our government will have to listen. How we, as a country, could send men away to fight, and leave them there, is a fact that I cannot accept. In my Links page, you will find some great sites, made by people, who are still fighting to bring our heroes home.






MY ADOPTED POW/MIA


I wear on my wrist a steel bracelet, bearing the name of a man. A man I've never met. A man I consider to be a hero. It is a POW/MIA bracelet. I have never taken it off since the day I put it on, and I will wear it....'til he comes home!!




E2 FREDDIE KEMP U.S ARMY

That's his name. Unfortunately, I have no picture of him. Here is everything I know about him:

Rank/Branch: E2/US Army
Unit: Comp B, 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary, 1st Calvary Division
Birth: 15 November 1944, New York,NY
Date Of Loss: 17 Augst 1966
Country Of Loss: South Vietnam
Status(1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered


PVT Freddie Kemp and his unit were on patrol in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, when they were required to cross the Ia Drang River on a log at grid coordinates YA 998 114. The Ia Drang is a swift, dangerous river and is located in an area that was heavily infiltrated by enemy forces.

PVT Kemp accidentally slipped off the log and was swept away by the river. All attempts to rescue him failed, and searches along the banks were unsuccessfull. The current in the river was so swift that water searches were impossible. In 3 days, another of the 1st Calvary, PFC James R. Johnson, would also lose his life in the river.

Kemp is thought to have died in the Ia Drang River that day. He is listed among the missing because his body was not found and returned to the country he served. He is among nearly 2500 Americans whose fates are unknown from the Vietnam war.

While Kemp's case seems clear enough, details of the loss of others who are missing do not lead to a conclusion of death, but to a conclusion of survival. Since the war ended, thousands of reports have been recieved relating to Americans still held captive in Southeast Asia.

It is unlikely that PVT Freddie Kemp is one of them, but experts believe there are hundreds of Americans waiting for their country to bring them home---Alive




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