Vietnam War Memorial, College Campus, Queensbury, NY, USA
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N 43° 21.236 W 073° 39.334
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Vietnam War memorial located on the campus of Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, New York.
Waymark Code: WM77QK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
Views: 4
Black granite memorial containing 55 names of Adirondack area men who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. The central section of the memorial contains images of a map of Vietnam, rows of headstones in a cemetery, and a soldier kneeling at a field grave. One name on the memorial is that of Michael D. Balamoti, an MIA whose remains were returned in October, 1995.
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Name: Michael Dimitri Balamonti
Rank/Branch: Major/US Air Force
Unit: 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand
Date of Birth: 30 June 1933
Home City of Record: Glen Falls NY
Date of Loss: 24 November 1969
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 154900N 1064600E (YC902495)
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: C130A
Refno: 1530
Other Personnel in Incident: Earl C. Brown; Rexford J. Dewispelaere; Charles
R. Fellenz; Richard O. Ganley; Larry I. Grewell; Peter R. Matthes; Donald L.
Wright (all missing)
REMARKS:
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.
SYNOPSIS: On November 24, 1969, a C130A departed Ubon Airfield, Thailand on
an operational mission over Laos. The crew aboard the aircraft included Maj.
Michael D. Balamonti (the navigator); Capt. Earl C. Brown; Capt. Richard O.
Ganley; 1Lt. Peter R. Matthes (the copilot); and Sgts. Donald L. Wright;
Larry I. Grewell; Charles R. Fellenz; and Rexford J. DeWispelaere.
While on the mission, near Ban Bac, Savannakhet Province, Laos, the C130 was
observed to be struck by several rounds of 37mm anti-aircraft fire, burst
into flames, crash to the ground, and explode on impact. All the crew was
declared Missing in Action, but due to enemy presence in the area, it was
strongly felt that the enemy could account for them. It was not determined
whether the crew died or survived the crash of the aircraft.
Information courtesy of POWNETWORK.ORG
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Date Placed: Not listed
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