Captain Albert F. Sayer was a USAF Forward Air Controller assigned to the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.
His call sign was "Jade".
He and Captain J. J. Cappel were conducting a visual reconnaissance mission in a Cessna O-1E Birddog (tail number 56-4177) when they were shot down by automatic weapons fire two miles south of Bien Hoa. Captain Sayer died of injuries sustained in the crash; Captain Cappel was rescued.
Captain Sayer's name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., at panel 26E, Row 38.
His call sign was "Jade".
He and Captain J. J. Cappel were conducting a visual reconnaissance mission in a Cessna O-1E Birddog (tail number 56-4177) when they were shot down by automatic weapons fire two miles south of Bien Hoa. Captain Sayer died of injuries sustained in the crash; Captain Cappel was rescued.
Captain Sayer's name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., at panel 26E, Row 38.
Captain Albert F. Sayer was a USAF Forward Air Controller assigned to the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.
His call sign was "Jade".
He and Captain J. J. Cappel were conducting a visual reconnaissance mission in a Cessna O-1E Birddog (tail number 56-4177) when they were shot down by automatic weapons fire two miles south of Bien Hoa. Captain Sayer died of injuries sustained in the crash; Captain Cappel was rescued.
Captain Sayer's name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., at panel 26E, Row 38.
His call sign was "Jade".
He and Captain J. J. Cappel were conducting a visual reconnaissance mission in a Cessna O-1E Birddog (tail number 56-4177) when they were shot down by automatic weapons fire two miles south of Bien Hoa. Captain Sayer died of injuries sustained in the crash; Captain Cappel was rescued.
Captain Sayer's name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., at panel 26E, Row 38.
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