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>My name is Ron Boussom. I'm a writer doing research >for a book about my friend, A1C Kenneth E. Baker Jr., >Weather Observer, 30WS, Det 13, Binh Thuy AFB. He was >killed in the weather cab of the control tower by a >direct hit from a 75mm recoilless rifle shell during >an artillery attack on March 22, 1968. I have been >searching for the past 18 months to find those who >responded to Kenny after the attack: > >1.) 1880TH COMM SQ >MSgt Billy Gentry, ATC, 1880th Comm Sq was on duty in >the control tower March 22, 1968 with VNAF controller >Sgt Phat. After the attack, and wounded in the hand by >shrapnel from the same blast, MSgt Gentry was first to >respond to Kenny and radio for emergency assistance. >MSgt Gentry was described as tall, lean, sparing of >words and spoke with a slight Southern accent. If >anyone knew him, or knows what state he was from >and/or where he went after leaving Binh Thuy, please >contact me asap. I'm also looking for the following >1880th ATC's who worked with Gentry in that unit: > >-MSgt John Messenger >-TSgt or MSgt Robert L. "Woody" Wood >-TSgt Richard "Dick"Tucker >-SSgt Richards or Richardson (no first name) > >2.) 632ND CSG FIRE DEPARTMENT >SSgt David "Rosie" Rosenbeck of 632nd CSG Fire >Department received the emergency call in the fire >station beside the tower and sent three firemen up to >the cab to retrieve Kenny. However, he doesn't recall >their names. If anyone knows the names of those three >632nd firemen, or names of any firemen in that unit >who were there in March of 1968, please contact me >asap. > >3.) 632ND CSG DISPENSARY >I'm looking for the dispensary doctor and medics who >attended Kenny after he was brought down from the >tower. Capt's Charles Caton and Benjamin Bivins were >doctors on staff early 1968. Caton was off base March >22nd. Bivins rotated out March 5th. His replacement >might have been the physician on duty. Neither officer >remembers who he was. Caton recalls he was tall with a >Jewish surname. If anyone was at Binh Thuy in 1968 and >knows the names of that doctor or those medics, and/or >still has medical papers from dispensary visits with >physicians' signatures other than the names mentioned >above, please contact me asap. > >I'm writing this book for Kenny's family. They've been >missing details of his death at Binh Thuy for the past >44 years. MSgt Gentry, the three 632nd firemen, >dispensary medics and doctor were the last people to >attend Kenny in his final moment. If they're still >alive, I need to know what they saw and heard. My >heartfelt thanks and deepest gratitude to War Stories! >for providing me the opportunity to post this notice >and to those compassionate vets who have responded >thus far. > >Ron Boussom
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