ATTENTION ALL WEBSURFERS!!!Please click here to get information on H. Res. 103 (POW/MIA) Bill before the house right now. Please contact your congressman or congresswoman today through this link, and tell them that you support this bill, and you want them to do the same. Election time is coming up. Time to make them accountable. Servicemen like LTJG Larry Gene Lewis are counting on you to make that phone call, fax, or email to the representatives of your state. This is the aircraft carrier LTJG Larry Gene Lewis flew off of on that fateful night in February. It is a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier. Please click here to go to a neat website about the USS Ranger. :) Name: Larry Gene Lewis Rank/Branch: O2/US Navy Reserves Unit: Fighter Squadron 21, USS RANGER (CVA 61) Date of Birth: 22 September 1945 Home City of Record: Asheville NC Date of Loss: 27 February 1971 Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water Loss Coordinates: 085130N 1083347E (BK320800) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4J Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing) Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 May 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: Please click on "Home City of Record" link to find out who is ultimately responsible for the safe return of this serviceman. SYNOPSIS: The Phantom, used by Air Force, Marine and Navy air wings, served a multitude of functions including fighter-bomber and interceptor, photo and electronic surveillance. The two man aircraft was extremely fast (Mach 2), and had a long range (900 - 2300 miles, depending on stores and mission type). The F4 was also extremely maneuverable and handled well at low and high altitudes. The F4 was selected for a number of state-of-the-art electronics conversions, which improved radar intercept and computer bombing capabilities enormously. Most pilots considered it one of the "hottest" planes around. LTJG Larry G. Lewis was an F4 pilot assigned to Fighter Squadron 21 onboard the USS RANGER positioned on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin. (NOTE: Although Air Force records indicate that the RANGER was stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin [i.e. Yankee Station], Defense Department records list the area of loss as South Vietnam/Over Water. No reason for this discrepancy can be determined since the loss coordinates are unquestionably in the South China Sea [i.e. Dixie Station].) The USS RANGER was a seasoned combat veteran, having been deployed to Vietnam for early Flaming Dart I operations. The carrier played a steady role throughout American involvement in the war. The first fighter jets to bomb Haiphong in Operation Rolling Thunder had come from her decks. On February 27, 1971, Lewis was assigned a night mission with his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) LTJG Jim Carroll. They manned their F4J and taxied into position for catapult launch. LTJG Lewis went to full power and signalled that he was fully ready for the launch. The catapult launch was initiated and as the aircraft traveled down the forward part of the flight deck, one of the two afterburners in the aircraft appeared to go out and Lewis was so advised on the radio by ship personnel. The aircraft continued in flight about 100 feet and then started to descend. As the aircraft continued to lose altitude, Lewis initiated the ejection sequence approximately one mile in front of the ship. Crewmen from the RANGER saw two distinct ejection seats fire. The RANGER's rescue helicopter was on the scene within seconds, and LTJG Carroll was rescued almost immediately. Despite an extensive search by helicopters, destroyers and other aircraft that continued into the night and throughout the next day, no trace of LTJG Lewis was found. Larry G. Lewis was initially placed in a Missing casualty status which was later changed to Reported Dead/Non Battle. During the period he was maintained missing, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Lewis is listed among the missing because his remains were never found to send home to the country he served. He died a tragically ironic death in the midst of war. But, for his family, the case seems clear that he died on that day. The fact that they have no body to bury with honor is not of great significance. For other who are missing, however, the evidence leads not to death, but to survival. Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports received relating to Americans still held captive in Indochina have convinced experts that hundreds of men are still alive, waiting for their country to rescue them. The notion that Americans are dying without hope in the hands of a long-ago enemy belies the idea that we left Vietnam with honor. It also signals that tens of thousands of lost lives were a frivolous waste of our best men.If he is one of the hundreds of Americans experts now believe are still deceased in captivity in Southeast Asia, what are we doing to bring his remains home? What did he think of us, and why did the American government leave him to die in captivity?? Is it because of greed, or maybe the "river of denial" ran like a stream, and covered over the truth as to his release from his hell on earth.Click here for the PMSEA (Personnel Missing Southeast Asia) for a detailed report on those accounted for, still missing, and unaccounted for from North Carolina.If you would like to write to families of these missing servicemen, the only way I know is to go to this website, and follow the directions on the website. When you write the letters to the families, please make sure that you address it in reference to the missing serviceperson's family. This is how I got in touch with Mrs. Lucy Sennett.She is the wife of one of my missing servicemen Robert R. Sennett. I can only imagine what these families like Mrs. Lucy Sennett have been through of not knowing.This must be hell on earth for them. Please, let's make their lives easier by taking the torch for them and finding out what happened to their family member, and not accepting anything but the truth, and not subjecting ourselves to the "Presumptive Finding of Death" finding.As a person of this cause, I can honestly say, that those families expect nothing less. Let's NOT ACCEPT anything less. This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here. This Pentagon Pride Ring site is owned byMike Matteri Want to join the ring? Click here for info [Prev] [Skip Prev] [Random] [List Sites] [Next Five] [Skip Next] [Next] This site is owned by Mike Matteri [Next] [Previous] [Random] [List] [Info] [Join] This RingSurf Operation Black Flag Net Ringowned by Mike Matteri. [ Previous 5 Sites | Skip Previous | Previous | Next ] [ Skip Next | Next 5 Sites | Random Site | List Sites | Join ]
This is the aircraft carrier LTJG Larry Gene Lewis flew off of on that fateful night in February. It is a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier. Please click here to go to a neat website about the USS Ranger. :)
Name: Larry Gene Lewis Rank/Branch: O2/US Navy Reserves Unit: Fighter Squadron 21, USS RANGER (CVA 61) Date of Birth: 22 September 1945 Home City of Record: Asheville NC Date of Loss: 27 February 1971 Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water Loss Coordinates: 085130N 1083347E (BK320800) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4J Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing) Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 May 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS: Please click on "Home City of Record" link to find out who is ultimately responsible for the safe return of this serviceman. SYNOPSIS: The Phantom, used by Air Force, Marine and Navy air wings, served a multitude of functions including fighter-bomber and interceptor, photo and electronic surveillance. The two man aircraft was extremely fast (Mach 2), and had a long range (900 - 2300 miles, depending on stores and mission type). The F4 was also extremely maneuverable and handled well at low and high altitudes.
The F4 was selected for a number of state-of-the-art electronics conversions, which improved radar intercept and computer bombing capabilities enormously. Most pilots considered it one of the "hottest" planes around.
LTJG Larry G. Lewis was an F4 pilot assigned to Fighter Squadron 21 onboard the USS RANGER positioned on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin. (NOTE: Although Air Force records indicate that the RANGER was stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin [i.e. Yankee Station], Defense Department records list the area of loss as South Vietnam/Over Water. No reason for this discrepancy can be determined since the loss coordinates are unquestionably in the South China Sea [i.e. Dixie Station].)
The USS RANGER was a seasoned combat veteran, having been deployed to Vietnam for early Flaming Dart I operations. The carrier played a steady role throughout American involvement in the war. The first fighter jets to bomb Haiphong in Operation Rolling Thunder had come from her decks.
On February 27, 1971, Lewis was assigned a night mission with his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) LTJG Jim Carroll. They manned their F4J and taxied into position for catapult launch. LTJG Lewis went to full power and signalled that he was fully ready for the launch. The catapult launch was initiated and as the aircraft traveled down the forward part of the flight deck, one of the two afterburners in the aircraft appeared to go out and Lewis was so advised on the radio by ship personnel.
The aircraft continued in flight about 100 feet and then started to descend. As the aircraft continued to lose altitude, Lewis initiated the ejection sequence approximately one mile in front of the ship. Crewmen from the RANGER saw two distinct ejection seats fire. The RANGER's rescue helicopter was on the scene within seconds, and LTJG Carroll was rescued almost immediately.
Despite an extensive search by helicopters, destroyers and other aircraft that continued into the night and throughout the next day, no trace of LTJG Lewis was found.
Larry G. Lewis was initially placed in a Missing casualty status which was later changed to Reported Dead/Non Battle. During the period he was maintained missing, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Lewis is listed among the missing because his remains were never found to send home to the country he served. He died a tragically ironic death in the midst of war. But, for his family, the case seems clear that he died on that day. The fact that they have no body to bury with honor is not of great significance.
For other who are missing, however, the evidence leads not to death, but to survival. Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports received relating to Americans still held captive in Indochina have convinced experts that hundreds of men are still alive, waiting for their country to rescue them. The notion that Americans are dying without hope in the hands of a long-ago enemy belies the idea that we left Vietnam with honor. It also signals that tens of thousands of lost lives were a frivolous waste of our best men.
If he is one of the hundreds of Americans experts now believe are still deceased in captivity in Southeast Asia, what are we doing to bring his remains home? What did he think of us, and why did the American government leave him to die in captivity?? Is it because of greed, or maybe the "river of denial" ran like a stream, and covered over the truth as to his release from his hell on earth.
Click here for the PMSEA (Personnel Missing Southeast Asia) for a detailed report on those accounted for, still missing, and unaccounted for from North Carolina.
If you would like to write to families of these missing servicemen, the only way I know is to go to this website, and follow the directions on the website.
When you write the letters to the families, please make sure that you address it in reference to the missing serviceperson's family.
This is how I got in touch with Mrs. Lucy Sennett.She is the wife of one of my missing servicemen Robert R. Sennett. I can only imagine what these families like Mrs. Lucy Sennett have been through of not knowing.This must be hell on earth for them.
Please, let's make their lives easier by taking the torch for them and finding out what happened to their family member, and not accepting anything but the truth, and not subjecting ourselves to the "Presumptive Finding of Death" finding.As a person of this cause, I can honestly say, that those families expect nothing less. Let's NOT ACCEPT anything less.
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