More detail on this person: Larry R. Salzman,
68, passed away on March 4, 2009 in Girard,
Kansas from cancer. He died one day before what
would have been his 49th wedding anniversary.
Larry trained with flight classes 68-13 and 68-21,
and graduated from flight school at Ft. Rucker. He
served from October 1968 through September 1969
with the 281st AHC in Nha Trang. He later served
in the 175th AHC in Vinh Long from November 1971
through June 1972.
Larry enlisted in the US Army in October 1957 and
retired as a chief Warrant Officer in October
1977. He served in Korea in 1958 and 1959, and
was in the Military Police and on border patrols.
After retirement he relocated to Girard and worked
in law enforcement with several differaent
agencies in the Crawford County and Girard area.
He was very active in the community serving on the
boards of various government and civic
organizations. He was also active in the VFW, the
American Legion, and the Pittsburg, Ks Disabled
Veterans. He was also a Mason. He was the
trustee and caretaker of the Girard Veterans
Memorial, and a member of the planning and
programming committee for the Pittsburg State
University Veterans Memorial Amphitheater. He
was a life member of the Friends of the Kansas
Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Larry is survived by his wife Wilma of Girard, and
three sons, Bryan and wife Gayle of Lenexa, KS;
Kevin and wife Judy of Rockaway Beach, MO; and
Darrell and wife Barbara of Kansas City, MO.
Additionally, he is survived by his brother Jay
Salzman of Colorado Springs, Colorado who also
served in the 281st AHC as a door gunner from
April 1968 to July 1969.
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