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I HAVE ADOPTED 7 POW/M.I.A s
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"All Biographical and loss information on
Vietnam Era POW/MIA's
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Albin Earl Lucki
Rank/Branch: O3/US Air ForceUnit:
Date of Birth: 27 February 1944
Home City of Record: Salt Lake City UT
Date of Loss: 23 April 1970
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 170900N 1060500E (XD122982)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Refno: 1601
Other Personnel In Incident: Robert A. Gomez (missing)
Name: Robert Arthur Gomez
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air ForceUnit:
Date of Birth: 20 March 1944
Home City of Record: Jacksonville FL
Date of Loss: 23 April 1970
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 170900N 1060500E (XD122982)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Refno: 1601
Other Personnel In Incident: Albin E. Lucki (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 March
1991
from one or more ofthe following:
raw data from U.S. Government agency
sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families,
published sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 1998.
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SYNOPSIS:
By the spring of 1970, the North Vietnamese
had established substantial missile
and AAA sites as well as logistic facilities near Barthelemy pass,
Ban Karai pass and in a sector north of the DMZ.
The passes were of special concern, as U.S. fighters headed into
Vietnam from Thailand,
were frequently routed through them.
Efforts were continually being made to clear these areas,
as well as the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail,
used extensively as a supply route by the North Vietnamese.
On April 23, 1Lt. Robert A. Gomez was the pilot
and Capt. Albin E. Lucki the bombardier/navigator
of an F4D Phantom fighter/bomber
sent on a mission which took them near the Ban Karai pass.
During the mission, the aircraft was shot down
and both men were declared missing in action.
They joined what eventually became nearly 600 Americans lost in Laos.
In 1973, when American prisoners were released,
the families of those men lost in Laos
were shocked to find that not one man had been released from
Laos,
although they had been told negotiations had included them.
Many knew their man had survived, some had evidence of captivity.
There has been no negotiated release of prisoners from
Laos since the war ended.
The nearly 600 Americans are still there, and tragically,
reports continue to be received that some are still alive as
captives.
Gomez and Lucki could be among them.
It's long past time we brought our men home.
During the period he was maintained missing,
Robert A. Gomez was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Albin E. Lucki graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1965.
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