In Memory of ...... SMS Andre Roland Guillet.
*** Senior Master Sergeant Guillet was a member of the 1st Air Commando Wing. On May 18, 1966, he was serving as an observer in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) on a mission west of the Demilitarized Zone and just south of Ban Karai Pass, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ANDRE ROLAND GUILLET - Air Force - SMS - E7
Age: 30
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 17, 1943
From: WATERBURY, CT
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Roland Guillet Born in 1902 in Connecticut and Mother, Beatrice Guillet, Born in Canada in 1905. Sisters: Doris Guillet Maitland and husband, David Maitland and Lillian Guillet Beauvillers.
*** Photo by his sister, Doris Maitland.
WINSTED, CT-22 May 2015-052215EC10- A family photo of Doris Maitland's brother, Andre Roland Guillet, along with her sister, copied from a book Maitland wrote about her brother. Guillet went missing in Laos in May of 1966 when the plane he was in was shot down. The Waterbury man was serving in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.
***** I shall never stop looking for you as long as there is breath in my body.
Doris
He is my brother
***** United States Census, 1940
Name: Roland Guillet
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Waterbury Town, New Haven, Connecticut, US
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year: 1908
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Roland Guillet Head M 32 Connecticut - YOUR DAD
Beatrice Guillet Wife F 35 Canada Born 1905 - YOUR MOM
Doris Guillet Daughter F 6 Connecticut - YOUR SISTER....
Lillian Guillet Daughter F 1 Connecticut Born 1934
SMS - E7 - Air Force - Regular
His tour began on May 18, 1966
Casualty was on May 18, 1966
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 07E - Line 81
Other Personnel In Incident: Lee D. Harley (missing)
Capt Lee D. Harley was the pilot and AM1 Andre Guillet was serving as observer aboard an O1E aircraft which departed on May 18, 1966 for a mission over Laos.
While in Laos, west of the demilitarized zone and just south of the famed Ban Karai Pass, the little spotter plane was shot down.
Air Force officials told the families that the plane burst into flames on impact and the crew could not be recovered.
Andre R. Guillet was promoted to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and Lee D. Harley to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained missing.
His remains were not recovered.
************************
NEW:
The DOD announced to Andre's Family that his case is now Number 8 on the list of cases for excavation in Laos
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.
*** Senior Master Sergeant Guillet was a member of the 1st Air Commando Wing. On May 18, 1966, he was serving as an observer in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) on a mission west of the Demilitarized Zone and just south of Ban Karai Pass, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ANDRE ROLAND GUILLET - Air Force - SMS - E7
Age: 30
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 17, 1943
From: WATERBURY, CT
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Roland Guillet Born in 1902 in Connecticut and Mother, Beatrice Guillet, Born in Canada in 1905. Sisters: Doris Guillet Maitland and husband, David Maitland and Lillian Guillet Beauvillers.
*** Photo by his sister, Doris Maitland.
WINSTED, CT-22 May 2015-052215EC10- A family photo of Doris Maitland's brother, Andre Roland Guillet, along with her sister, copied from a book Maitland wrote about her brother. Guillet went missing in Laos in May of 1966 when the plane he was in was shot down. The Waterbury man was serving in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.
***** I shall never stop looking for you as long as there is breath in my body.
Doris
He is my brother
***** United States Census, 1940
Name: Roland Guillet
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Waterbury Town, New Haven, Connecticut, US
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year: 1908
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Roland Guillet Head M 32 Connecticut - YOUR DAD
Beatrice Guillet Wife F 35 Canada Born 1905 - YOUR MOM
Doris Guillet Daughter F 6 Connecticut - YOUR SISTER....
Lillian Guillet Daughter F 1 Connecticut Born 1934
SMS - E7 - Air Force - Regular
His tour began on May 18, 1966
Casualty was on May 18, 1966
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 07E - Line 81
Other Personnel In Incident: Lee D. Harley (missing)
Capt Lee D. Harley was the pilot and AM1 Andre Guillet was serving as observer aboard an O1E aircraft which departed on May 18, 1966 for a mission over Laos.
While in Laos, west of the demilitarized zone and just south of the famed Ban Karai Pass, the little spotter plane was shot down.
Air Force officials told the families that the plane burst into flames on impact and the crew could not be recovered.
Andre R. Guillet was promoted to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and Lee D. Harley to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained missing.
His remains were not recovered.
************************
NEW:
The DOD announced to Andre's Family that his case is now Number 8 on the list of cases for excavation in Laos
************************************
.
In Memory of ...... SMS Andre Roland Guillet.
*** Senior Master Sergeant Guillet was a member of the 1st Air Commando Wing. On May 18, 1966, he was serving as an observer in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) on a mission west of the Demilitarized Zone and just south of Ban Karai Pass, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ANDRE ROLAND GUILLET - Air Force - SMS - E7
Age: 30
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 17, 1943
From: WATERBURY, CT
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Roland Guillet Born in 1902 in Connecticut and Mother, Beatrice Guillet, Born in Canada in 1905. Sisters: Doris Guillet Maitland and husband, David Maitland and Lillian Guillet Beauvillers.
*** Photo by his sister, Doris Maitland.
WINSTED, CT-22 May 2015-052215EC10- A family photo of Doris Maitland's brother, Andre Roland Guillet, along with her sister, copied from a book Maitland wrote about her brother. Guillet went missing in Laos in May of 1966 when the plane he was in was shot down. The Waterbury man was serving in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.
***** I shall never stop looking for you as long as there is breath in my body.
Doris
He is my brother
***** United States Census, 1940
Name: Roland Guillet
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Waterbury Town, New Haven, Connecticut, US
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year: 1908
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Roland Guillet Head M 32 Connecticut - YOUR DAD
Beatrice Guillet Wife F 35 Canada Born 1905 - YOUR MOM
Doris Guillet Daughter F 6 Connecticut - YOUR SISTER....
Lillian Guillet Daughter F 1 Connecticut Born 1934
SMS - E7 - Air Force - Regular
His tour began on May 18, 1966
Casualty was on May 18, 1966
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 07E - Line 81
Other Personnel In Incident: Lee D. Harley (missing)
Capt Lee D. Harley was the pilot and AM1 Andre Guillet was serving as observer aboard an O1E aircraft which departed on May 18, 1966 for a mission over Laos.
While in Laos, west of the demilitarized zone and just south of the famed Ban Karai Pass, the little spotter plane was shot down.
Air Force officials told the families that the plane burst into flames on impact and the crew could not be recovered.
Andre R. Guillet was promoted to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and Lee D. Harley to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained missing.
His remains were not recovered.
************************
NEW:
The DOD announced to Andre's Family that his case is now Number 8 on the list of cases for excavation in Laos
************************************
.
*** Senior Master Sergeant Guillet was a member of the 1st Air Commando Wing. On May 18, 1966, he was serving as an observer in a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) on a mission west of the Demilitarized Zone and just south of Ban Karai Pass, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ANDRE ROLAND GUILLET - Air Force - SMS - E7
Age: 30
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 17, 1943
From: WATERBURY, CT
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Roland Guillet Born in 1902 in Connecticut and Mother, Beatrice Guillet, Born in Canada in 1905. Sisters: Doris Guillet Maitland and husband, David Maitland and Lillian Guillet Beauvillers.
*** Photo by his sister, Doris Maitland.
WINSTED, CT-22 May 2015-052215EC10- A family photo of Doris Maitland's brother, Andre Roland Guillet, along with her sister, copied from a book Maitland wrote about her brother. Guillet went missing in Laos in May of 1966 when the plane he was in was shot down. The Waterbury man was serving in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.
***** I shall never stop looking for you as long as there is breath in my body.
Doris
He is my brother
***** United States Census, 1940
Name: Roland Guillet
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Waterbury Town, New Haven, Connecticut, US
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year: 1908
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Roland Guillet Head M 32 Connecticut - YOUR DAD
Beatrice Guillet Wife F 35 Canada Born 1905 - YOUR MOM
Doris Guillet Daughter F 6 Connecticut - YOUR SISTER....
Lillian Guillet Daughter F 1 Connecticut Born 1934
SMS - E7 - Air Force - Regular
His tour began on May 18, 1966
Casualty was on May 18, 1966
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 07E - Line 81
Other Personnel In Incident: Lee D. Harley (missing)
Capt Lee D. Harley was the pilot and AM1 Andre Guillet was serving as observer aboard an O1E aircraft which departed on May 18, 1966 for a mission over Laos.
While in Laos, west of the demilitarized zone and just south of the famed Ban Karai Pass, the little spotter plane was shot down.
Air Force officials told the families that the plane burst into flames on impact and the crew could not be recovered.
Andre R. Guillet was promoted to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and Lee D. Harley to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained missing.
His remains were not recovered.
************************
NEW:
The DOD announced to Andre's Family that his case is now Number 8 on the list of cases for excavation in Laos
************************************
.
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