Wisconsin POW-MIA National Balloon Launch
Doc's Last Launch
May 27, 2013
THANKS TO ALL MY WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS & SPONSORS
50 degree's Cloudy - Cold
At 10am the Volunteers began preparing for Docs 16th and final
POW/MIA Balloon Launch. Balloons were being filled and the volunteers
were all in good spirits. Ceremonys began at 2:45pm and a large crowd
was on hand to see the Tribute.
Thank You to all the Volunteers for being there for me all these year.
There were many tears flowing through the crowd as Doc talked about our POW/MIA's
and what it has meant for him for the past 16 years.
The wind was kickin butt, and looks like the balloons were headed for Minnesota and beyond.
If so, that would be the 1st time ever, that they headed West.
Remembering those who have fallen and those who are still POW-MIA
Thats what this event was all about.


 

10th Annual Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch
Wisconsin's 10th annual POW-MIA Balloon Launch in 2007, was to be the last ever held.
But  "Doc" Dentice has kept it going until the final launch in 2013.
Many want him to run one more very special POW/MIA launch on Milwaukee's lakefront at the Vietnam Vets Memorial.
WATCH THE VIDEOS
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Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch
Wind Lake WI
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WISCONSIN
VIETNAM POW/MIA WISCONSIN - ACCOUNTED FOR

VIETNAM POW/MIA WISCONSIN - UNACCOUNTED FOR

KOREA POW/MIA WISCONSIN - ACCOUNTED FOR

KOREA POW/MIA WISCONSIN - UNACCOUNTED FOR

WWII POW/MIA WISCONSIN - UNACCOUNTED FOR

WISCONSIN
UNACCOUNTED FOR - COLD WAR
WISCONSIN  DELAVAN  DUCHARME, GARY RAY USN 0009178658 E4 CT3 4/15/1969 EC121 MM 5/2/1969

Operation Desert Storm, 1991
Lt. Cmdr. Barry T. Cooke, of Austin, Texas, U.S. Navy, was lost on Feb. 2, 1991, when his A-6 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.
Lt. Robert J. Dwyer, of Worthington, Ohio, U.S. Navy, was lost on Feb. 5, 1991, when his FA-18 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.
 

MISSING IN ACTION
The Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project.

 
 

POW/MIA RECENTLY ACCOUNTED FOR

SEARCHABLE LIST OF THE MISSING


 

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Hales Corners Wisconsin
2018 POW-MIA Recognition Day Rally
 

POW/MIA

WWII
72,220
Korea
7,497
Cold War
132
Vietnam
1,579
OEF / OIF
6
X

1,579Americans are still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War:
Vietnam - 1,241  Laos - 285 Cambodia - 48
Peoples Republic of China territorial waters - 7
 



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Wisconsin Vietnam POW/MIA 40 Tribute By Jeff Doc Dentice
 
 
 


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Jeff Doc Dentice - POW/MIA Wisconsin National Balloon Launch
 

POW-MIA RECOGNITION DAY POSTERS
DOC HAS ALL YEARS DISPLAYED






 
 

Doc Dentice and Virginia Vanbendegom (Mother of POW/MIA James Vanbendegom)
Wisconsin 2015 POW-MIA Recognition Day Rally - Hales Corners
James Vanbendegom was MIA in Vietnam.
James was returned to Wisconsin in 2015, and buried with Military Honors.



 
 


 

10TH ANNIVERSARY
WISCONSIN POW-MIA NATIONAL BALLOON LAUNCH
25,000 BALLOONS -  LARGEST LAUNCH IN THE COUNTRY
PART I

PART I

 
 

Wisconsin
1998-2013
Freedom Fighters
Last & Final National POW/MIA  Balloon Launch
16 Years - Largest Launch In The U.S.A.

BALLOON LAUNCHES AFTER 2013 IN AMERICA
WOULD BE LOCAL EVENTS - NOT NATIONAL
DOCS LAST LAUNCH, WAS THE FINAL FREEDOM FIGHTERS EVENT IN THE U.S.A.
DOC STARTED WISCONSINS 1ST LAUNCH IN BACK IN 1998

THE EVENT IN WIND LAKE, WI. IN 2014, WAS THEIR 1ST LOCAL EVENT.


 



 


A Nites POW/MIA Watch! 52nd Fighter Wing
September 18-19, 2014
http://youtu.be/8g2i-6StV3o
 
 

American POWs Kept Behind After the Korean War
What Happened to Them?

Korean War Personnel Fact Sheet
 
 


 
 

Wisconsin 2014 POW-MIA Recognition Day Rally
 

59 Possible Live POWs In Vietnam
19 New POWs still held in Vietnam
"Defense Department files contain evidence that at least 59 Americans were -- or may have been --
taken prisoner and their precise fate is still unclear. This includes the 20-30 not officially acknowledged by
Vietnam in 1973. This represents the minimum number of possible live POWs today."
 
 

American officials believed from the earliest days of the armistice that concluded the Korean War without a formal peace treaty in July 1953 that the Chinese and North Koreans withheld a number of U.S. POWs, possibly in retaliation for U.S. refusal to repatriate those Chinese and North Korean POWs who chose not to be returned to their home country out of fear of retribution.

Gen. Mark W. Clark, the American commander of U.S.-led forces during the final stages of the Korean War, wrote in a 1954 account that "we had solid evidence" that hundreds of captive Americans were held back by the Chinese and North Koreans, possibly as leverage to gain a China seat on the U.N. Security Council.

Over time, however, U.S. officials muted their concerns, while periodically pressing the Chinese in private. Publicly, the Pentagon's stance today is that China returned all the U.S. POWs it held.

On June 1, 1951, Captain Harry Cecil Moore, an Air Force Pilot during the Korean War, was shot down by enemy fire in North Korea.
 

Unaccounted For
 POW/MIA
 WWII - 73,690
Korean War - 7,910
War Cold War  -126
Vietnam War - 1,602
Gulf War - 2
Iraqi Freedom - 1
Enduring Freedom - 1
 

 Wisconsin's
Doc's 6th & Final
Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch
On Milwaukees Lakefront

WISCONSIN LAUNCH PICTURES

 Wisconsin POW-MIA Launch Video
 Launch Video-Missing Man Table Ceremony
 

Check out the Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch Video


"And The Waiting Goes On"
NOW PLAYING ON THIS SITE
Written By James Purtell-VietnamVet-Wisconsin
Sung By Mark Brinkman-Wisconsin
This Poster & Song
Contact:  James Purtell
 
 


 

Contact List for Congressional Representatives-http://www.nationalalliance.org/legis/110congress.htm
Sample Letter You Can Use-http://www.nationalalliance.org/legis/sample.htm
 

 Jen Bauer
http://www.powmiaff.org

 

DOC
With the help of all of your team in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this event has been one of our most successful in
reaching folks about the issue and helping to keep the issue alive.

On behalf of the Executive Board and Membership of the POW/MIA Freedom
Fighters, we would like to present you with this Special Recognition Award for
Exceptional and Continual Service Above and Beyond on Behalf of our
POW/MIA's.  This award was created especially for you all by our board members.

To: Jeff Doc Dentice

 Dear Doc,

      I don't know if you remember ex-POW Col. Ted Guy, but back in 1998 when we first came up with the
                            idea of getting communities to do a POW/MIA Balloon Launch, we got a lot of heat from POW/MIA
                            activists balking at the idea. But Col. Guy told me to hang in there and to get this event going. He felt it
                            was a great way to keep this issue alive. With the help of all of your team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this
                            event has been our Largest & most successful in reaching folks about the issue and
helping to keep the issue alive.

On behalf of the Executive Board and Membership of the POW/MIA Freedom Fighters, we would like to
present you with this Special Recognition Award for Exceptional and Continual Service Above
and Beyond on Behalf of our POW/MIA's.

Thanks to all of you that made this happen, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin POW/MIA Balloon Launch has
been one of our oldest POW/MIA events, having participated since day one in 1998, and has become
one of our largest launches, reaching folks that never knew about the issue.
We want to personally thank all of you that have participated since day one, and including those that
have participated in this last POW/MIA Balloon Launch on Memorial Day 2004:

This award is not given lightly. In fact, as a member of the POW/MIA Freedom Fighters,
you and your team, are our very first recipients.

Thank you again for another job well done!
Keep up the great work!

God Bless!

Jen Bauer
President & Founder, POW/MIA Freedom Fighters
 

Vietnam POW exhibit open at Air Force museum

DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- Visitors can get a rare glimpse into the lives of prisoners of war through
a dramatic new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

The exhibit, titled "Return with Honor: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia," located in the
museum's Modern Flight Gallery, is now open to the public.

Visitors enter the exhibit next to a reproduced doorway to the "Hanoi Hilton," the name given by Americans to Hoa Lo Prison.
Photographs, videos, dioramas and artifacts tell the story of prisoner torture, political exploitation,
filthy living conditions and endless attempts at communist indoctrination.

Visitors can look inside re-created, life-size prison cells for an up-close picture of POW living conditions. Several artifacts, including
handmade games, rings, cigarette cases and clothing that were created by the prisoners during their confinement, also are on display.

"We are extremely honored to have an exhibit that pays tribute to the courage and bravery exemplified by these POWs," said museum
director retired Maj. Gen. Charles D. Metcalf. "The POW story is one that ignites emotion and this exhibit will give visitors
a greater understanding of the inhumane conditions the POWs endured."

The exhibit also features a Son Tay prison camp rescue raid display. Although the raiders in November 1970 found that the prison camp
did not hold any POWs, the raid proved a success in other ways. A daring raid so close to Hanoi showed that the United States had
the will to carry out exceptional operations to ensure POW well-being. POW morale soared on account of the raid.

The exhibit also highlights the story of U.S. forces' final combat in Southeast Asia, which occurred in May 1975 when the American cargo
ship SS Mayaguez was seized by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge navy while it was in international waters. Featured in this display are a
life ring from the Mayaguez and a beret worn by one of the pararescuemen who participated in the operation.

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is located on Springfield Pike, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton. It is open 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. seven days a week (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day).

Admission to the museum and parking are free. For more information about this and other exhibits at the museum, please call (937) 255-3286, Ext. 302.
 
 


 


  "POW-MIA FLAG"
"IS HANGING HIGH AT MILLER PARK IN MILWAUKEE"
Still Hanging High

The New Miller Park Stadium  in Milwaukee Wisconsin
is flying the POW-MIA flag in left field. When "Doc" asked
Ms. Wendy Selig Prieb the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers
if she would do this for our POW-MIAS she said she would
get back to me. Well she did and had A custom  huge  POW-MIA banner
made and hung in the stadium. Her email to me a  weeks ago telling me it was
a done deal was more then I could have imagined. The Veterans in
Wisconsin send a Proud Salute to Ms. Prieb for going the eatra mile. I can
only hope that all the stadiums across the country will follow
her lead in making sure that our Nation's Hero's will never be forgotten....
Thank's Wendy!

You've made this Vietnam Medic A believer.

Jeff Doc Dentice

Photo taken while on their tour in Iraq last fall at Balad AFB in the middle of the Sunni Triangle.
I'm pretty sure that the F-16 that was carrying the bomb was with his squadron,
the Black Widow Squadron from Hill AFB in Ogden, Utah
 
 

POW/MIA Hour
With/ Rod Utec
4:00pm Central
Every Sunday Afternoon

LISTEN LIVE


POW's Prayer
By Jean Ray and L. Vancil
Father,
Your own Son was a prisoner.
Condemned, he died for us. 
Victorious, He returned to bring us the gift of life everlasting. 
Comfort us now in our longing for the return of the Prisoners Of War
and those Missing In Action. 

Help Us Father;
Inspire us to remove the obstacles.
Give courage to those who know the truth to speak out.
Grant wisdom to the negotiators, and compassion to the jailors. 
Inspire the media to speak out as loudly as they have in the past. 
Protect those who seek in secret and help them to succeed. 
Show us the tools to do Your will.

Guard and bless those in captivity, their families, 
and those who work for their release. Let them come home soon. 

Thank you Father.
Amen.


 
 

Listen to POW/MIA Radio every Sunday on The American Freedom Network,
http://www.americanewsnet.com .
We also broadcast on KHNC-AM, 1360khz, Johnstown,
Colorado. 10,000 watts covering the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies.
 



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 WISCONSIN'S VIETNAM WAR HERO'S (KIA'S)

 THE DEFENSE MISSING POW/PERSONNEL OFFICE

 ADVOCACY AND INTELLIGIENCE INDEX FOR POWMIA

 RECOVERY PROCEDURES/OPERATIONS

AIIPOW/MIA,INC.

OPERATION RECOVERY

 
 
 

 NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FAMILIES

THIS GOES OUT TO ALL OUR NATIONS

    SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN

       YOUR VETERANS THROUGHOUT AMERICA WILL

     NEVER LET OUR POW/MIAS BE FORGOTTEN!

VIETNAM WAR POW-MIA DATABASE

THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING THEM HOME

"TO THOSE THAT KNEW AND DID NOTHING"

WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU !

MY HOMETOWN "HERO"
MY FRIEND FROM SCHOOL


UH-1C HUEY

Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, and Vietnam Campaign medals

Name: Paul Reid Frazier
Rank/Branch: E5/US Army
Unit: 191st Assault Helicopter Co.
214th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Birth: 11 March 1949
Home City of Record: Milwaukee WI
Date of Loss: 03 September 1968

Country of Loss: South Vietnam

Loss Coordinates: 103441N 1063728E
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1C
Other Personnel
In Incident: none missing
REMARKS:
On 3 September 1968, Sgt. Paul R. Frazier was the crew chief aboard a
         UH-1C helicopter (hull number 66-66613) that was participating in a
         combat mission near Saigon. As the Huey flew low over the hotly
         contested countryside, it was struck by hostile ground fire, crashed and
         exploded on impact approximately 5 miles north of Can Duoc and 10 miles
         south of Saigon, Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam.

         Numerous hamlets and villages of various sizes surrounded the area of
        loss. It was also laced with rivers, canals, waterways and rice fields. There
         were two primary roads running south from Saigon that bracketed the
         crash site. One was located 1 mile west of the helicopter's wreckage, and
         the other was 3 miles east of it.

         Search and Recovery (SAR) operations were immediately initiated and
        American ground forces inspected the crash site within 4 to 8 hours of the
         crash. With the exception of Sgt. Frazier, the remains of the rest of the
         personnel aboard the Huey were recovered. Those remains were
        transported to a US military mortuary in Saigon where they were later
        identified and returned to the men's families for burial.

         The crash site was inspected thoroughly on 7 and 8 May 1973 by a Graves
         Registration team from the Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC) who
        confirmed the identification of this helicopter as being Sgt. Frazier's
aircraft. No remains were found in or around the crash site during this
         search. At the time this SAR operation was terminated, Paul Frazier was
         listed Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.

         On 29 June 1973, nearly 5 years after his loss and 6 months after the end
         of US involvement in the war, JCRC personnel determined that for Paul
         Frazier "no remains were recoverable as his remains were destroyed by
         explosive ordnance, aircraft fire or removal from site by other means."
         Further, JCRC recommended that no further operations be planned to
         recover Sgt. Frazier unless new information became available and that the
         case be closed.

         Over the years several reports have been received by US government
         agencies pertaining to the location of remains that might relate to Sgt.
         Frazier; but to date no positive correlation has been made. Likewise, no
         remains have been recovered or identified as his.

         There is no doubt Paul Frazier died in the loss of his Huey. However, by
         JCRC's evaluation of his record there is a good possibility that his body
        was removed from the wreckage by either local villagers or Communist
         forces and buried.
 
 


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I DID THIS RUBBING OF PAULS NAME AT
THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALL
NOVEMBER 11,1997
VETERANS DAY

Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
about Paul Reid Frazier
Name: Paul Reid Frazier
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1949
Death Date: 3 Sep 1968
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Home City: Milwaukee
Home State: Wisconsin
Religion: Lutheran (also Missouri Synod)
Marital Status: Single (Spouse Not Listed)
SSN/Service #: 16890183
Citizen Status: U.S.

Death Date: 3 Sep 1968
Processed Date: Nov 1968
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile - Killed
Casualty Reason: Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea
Casualty Air: Helicopter Air Casualty - Other Aircrew
Body Status: Body Not Recovered

Service Branch: Department of the Army
 
 

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