November 29, 1970 C-123K crash from Phan Rang to Cam Rahn Bay

You mentioned that there were no American survivors of this flight. In fact,
the only two were two Americans, my father, Vincent Fairbrother, and Gary
Aldredge.

They survived for 7 days with no food or water.

I discovered your "Year in Vietnam" b/c I googled the Flight number b/c we
were thinking of the anniversary which just passed.

Just wanted to let you know. Thank you for looking for him.

This is what he just wrote:

Day of Remembrance, November 29th, 1970

Thirty Seven Years ago this day in Vietnam, a C-123K, 54-0649, Flight
Bookie 540, on a routine milk run (passenger) mission from Phan Rang to
Cam Rahn Bay crashed into a Mountain Ridge 14 Miles outside Cam Rahn
Bay. On board that aircraft were 44 people, 32 U.S. Military and 12
South Vietnamese.  The crash site was located a week later on December
5th by U.S. Army Rangers and South Vietnamese Rangers.  There were
only two survivors, myself and Sgt Gary Aldredge. For some unknown
reason we survived the crash, our injuries, and having no food or water
for seven days.

The Day of Remembrance is for those 30 American Servicemen who died
that morning and to their families.  I have not forgotten and neither has Gary.
I have been to the Wall many times. I have touched each and every name of
those men killed that day. You will forever be in my thoughts.

Those Men:
CAPT Cecil Moyer
1LT James Saxby
SSgt Grayson Newberry
SSgt Harry Watson
CAPT Norbert Podhalsky
SP4 J. Gibbs
TSgt R. Johnson
SGT J. Stubblefield
MSgt B. Seay
SSgt J. Starnes
1LT E. Candill
1LT Jon King
PVT G. Anderson
A1C J. Young
CW2 F. Defendaugh
SP4 S. Grayson
SP4 C. Johnson
SP4 D. Slate
1LT C. Kollenberg
Sgt R. Teschandorf
SP4 C. Beedy
Sgt Bille Joe Hogan
Sgt R. Gray
Sgt J. Blackwell
PFC J. Jacques
PFC A. Hann
SP4 R. Greenhouse
SSgt R. Guck
Capt W. Kennedy
Capt D. Pulniak

/signed/
V. J. Fairbrother, Jr.
USAF (Retired)
DAC (Retired)