AIR COMMANDO 2 Lielmanis, Atis Karlis

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  • SURNAME
Lielmanis
  • FORENAME
Atis Karlis
  • UNIT
1 Air Commando Squadron (34 Tactical Group)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-3102782​
  • DATE OF DEATH
24th November 1963
  • AGE
24
  • GRAVESITE
Union Cemetery,Quakertown,Bucks County,Pennsylvania
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Quakertown,Pennsylvania
born 2.1.1939 Latvia
single
emigrated to US from Germany November 1950
entered service 22.9.1958
commissioned 2Lt
gained navigator wings 4.11.1959
602 Fighter Squadron 1963
1 AC Squadron 1963
award A.F.C. (posthumous),Air Medal
navigator
B-26B Invader
KIA - south of Ca Mau,An Xugen Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 34
 

DATE OF DEATH:

24-Nov-1963

AWARD:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/lielmanis-atis-karlis.30618/

CITATION:

Air Force Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United States Code, takes pride in presenting the Air Force Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant Atis Karlis Lielmanis (AFSN: 0-3102782), United States Air Force (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force as an Advisor-Navigator of a B-26B aircraft in the 1st Air Commando Squadron, 34th Tactical Group, Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, in action on 24 November 1963 in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, Lieutenant Lielmanis voluntarily exposed himself during a low level flight over hidden Viet Cong machine gun installations. Their fire badly damaged the aircraft, and it crashed, but this revealed the Viet Cong positions and resulted in their destruction by cover aircraft. Through his extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, and aggressiveness in the face of hostile forces, First Lieutenant Lielmanis reflected the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3470
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