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        BARDEN, HOWARD LEROY

        Name: Howard Leroy Barden
        Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force
        Unit: 12th Air Commando Squadron
        Date of Birth: 28 October 1933
        Home City of Record: Cuyahoga Falls OH
        Date of Loss: 31 January 1967
        Country of Loss: Laos
        Loss Coordinates: 163407N 1061448E (XD331322)
        Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
        Category: 2
        Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: UC123B
        Other Personnel in Incident: Lloyd F. Walker;
        Roy R. Kubley; Ronald K. Miyazaki;
        Harvey Mulhauser (all missing)
        Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01
        September 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: CRASH - SURV POSS BT NO SIGN - J
        SYNOPSIS: The Fairchild C123 "Provider"
        was aircraft based on an all-metal
        glider designed by Chase Aircraft and was the first
        transport to see Vietnam service.
        The Provider, when it was in camouflage
        paint with mottled topside and light bottomside,
        resembled an arched-back whale suspended from the bottom
        versions was the UC123B of Project Ranch Hand.
        Ranch Hand aircraft sprayed pesticides for
        malaria prevention and herbicides,
        including Agent Orange, that destroyed both the
        forest that concealed the Viet Cong and
        the rice and manioc plant that fed them.
        Maj. Lloyd F. Walker was the pilot of a 12th Air
        Commando Squadron UC123B which was sent on a
        defoliation mission on January 31, 1967.
        His crew that day included Capt. Howard L. Barden,
        Capt. Roy R. Kubley, Capt. Harvey Mulhauser,
        and Airman 1st Class Ronald K. Miyazaki,
        the flight mechanic.
        The aircraft had leveled off and started spraying
        when it suddenly inverted and crashed.
        Further investigation revealed that hostile fire
        struck the propeller causing the crash.
        The crash occurred about 5 miles south-southwest
        of Sepone in Savannakhet Province, Laos.
        All crewmembers were eventually determined to have
        been killed in the crash of the aircraft.
        The Ranch Hand crew is among nearly 600 Americans
        listed missing in Laos.
        Although the Pathet Lao stated on several
        occasions they held "tens of tens" of American prisoners,
        Laos was not included in the agreements ending American
        involvement in the war, and the U.S. has not
        negotiated for the freedom of these
        men since that day.
        Consequently, not one American held
        in Laos has ever been released.
        In our haste to leave an unpopular war,
        it now appears we abandoned some of our
        best men. In our haste to heal the wounds
        of this same war, will we sign their
        death warrants? Or will we do what we can to
        bring them home?

        Ronald K. Miyazaki was promoted to the rank of
        Sergeant prior to determination
        of death.



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        ~ In Honor There Is Glory ~

        I am a lonely soldier
        I fought in many wars
        Gave my life for all my friends
        I did it for a cause

        I had so many dreams in life
        But now they've gone away
        My family they remember me
        Just constantly they pray

        They place a wreath upon my grave
        They speak of what I've done
        My body lies within this tomb
        I am America's beacon

        I tried to do the best I could
        To fight for freedom's cause
        I prayed that I would save the day
        Forever was my loss

        I made this special sacrifice
        So you could all live free
        I am an American soldier
        My life a victory

        So now when you remember me
        I want you all to know
        I appreciate this day you give
        It's pride that makes me glow

        I was proud to serve my country
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        I did this to protect his life
        This honor I defend

        So as I lie here in my grave
        I hear the soldier's march
        Timed in step to fight their best
        American's own heart

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        I wear them in my grave
        The medals spread across my chest
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        I'm proud to be an American
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        I fought for country's colors
        The Red the white and Blue

        So think of me as years do pass
        Remember what I say
        I'm proud to be an American
        I served the U.S.A.

        ~ God Bless All Our Soldiers ~

        ~ Francine Pucillo ~

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