Per email from old friend ...

"... I am just back from having Sam, my grandson, in DC for a week. The Vietnam Wall was incredible, and so when I got home I looked it up and found you can search for someone who died there. This is what I found - newspaper articles, and all. Makes the wall seem really "alive" .."

http://thewall-usa.com/guest.asp?recid=44432

Capt. Joe Rosato, USAF , was my very close friend going way back to high school days in Hudson, Ohio. He was shot down in Vietnam in June 1966 on a mission out of Cam Rahn Bay.
I was at Cam Ranh at that time and was unaware he was stationed there ... I deeply regret missing this chance to see and talk with him again. He was a hero from a youngster on to a decorated jet pilot. RIP, Joe ... you are not forgotton!