Roger Alan Lakin

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05 Jun 2003 REMEMBERED by his comrades-in-arms from the USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association This was Scarface's saddest day of 1970. Four lieutenants were lost in a horrific midair that took place as the two AH-1Gs were making their break over the runway. Everyone that was at Marble Mountain Airfield when it happened on 25 March 1970 has a vivid memory of this crash. God Bless them, may they forever rest in peace. Semper Fidelis. George T. Curtis MGySgt, USMC (Ret) gcurtis@popasmoke.com

05 Feb 2004 I was a year ahead of Roger at Derby Senior High School and I remember him as a football teammate. He was first string quarterback as a senior and would have been as a junior were he not playing behind the all-state first team QB. A really nice and smart guy. It is amazing that he has been gone for thirty-three years. But in our memories he will always be 17 and straight as a rod. From Derby to college at Valporaiso to the USMC to Viet Nam. No brighter star was lost in that war. John Fleming freethrowguru@aol.com

23 Jun 2005 I remember Roger from Junior High in Madrid, Spain. A good friend. Michele Gibbs mshea@smcvt.edu

A Note from The Virtual Wall Four men of HML-367 died when their AH-1G Cobras collided in flight overhead the Marble Mountain air base: In AH-1G tail number 68-15213:   1st Lt Roger Alan Lakin, pilot   1st Lt Toby Richard Gritz, copilot In AH-1G tail number 68-17045:   1st Lt Frank Eric Sacharanski, pilot   1st Lt Michael Eugene Justus, copilot

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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