Jack Paris Dove, Sr

Captain
497TH TFS, 8TH TFW, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
09 September 1940 - 12 July 1967
Bluefield, Virginia
Panel 23E Line 057

7TH AF

USAF F-4

497TH TFS
Jack P Dove

USAF PILOT

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Jack Paris Dove, Sr

05 Jun 1999

REMEMBERED

Jack Dove, 1967

I am Jill Dove Teetor, Jack Dove's only daughter. His son, Jack Junior, died in an auto accident on March 19, 2000 ... his daughter, Hannah Theresa Dove, turned four on Valentine's Day 2002. My daughter, Jordan Dove Brcic (pronounced "Bursick") is 9 years old and will be 10 on May 20th.

I turned one on November 5, 1966, and Dad left that December ... never to come home. My last words as he left ... looking out the window at my grandmother's ... was "Daddy gone"! Of course, I do not remember that but I've been told about it all my life!

Dad usually flew the F-4 PHANTOM and was approaching his 100th mission - he should have come home in August 1967. On his 93rd mission he was flying a T-28 TROJAN as a Forward Air Controller.

We all remember Jack Dove Senior.

Jill Dove Teetor
jdt1rn@cox.net
or
jdteetor@yahoo.com

To Where You Are
Sung by Josh Graben

Who can say for certain
Maybe you're still here
I feel you all around me
Your memories so clear
Deep in the stillness
I can hear you speak
You're still an inspiration
Can it be
That you are mine
Forever love
And you are watching over me from up above
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile to know you're there
A breath away's not far
To where you are
Are you gently sleeping
Here inside my dream
And isn't faith believing
All power can't be seen
As my heart holds you
Just one beat away
I cherish all you gave me everyday
'Cause you are mine
Forever love
Watching over me from up above
And I believe
That angels breathe
And that love will live on and never leave
Fly me up
To where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile
To know you're there
A breath away's not far
To where you are
I know you're there
A breath away's not far
To where you are....

..."A breath away's..
Not far...
from where you are.."

Let me breathe..
Always...

29 Aug 2004

I just want to say that in 1970 I was issued a POW-MIA bracelet that bore the name of Capt Jack Dove. I prayed for so many years that he would come home safely ... unfortunately he didn't and I just became aware of the information 37 years after the fateful mission. I recently have been in contact with the Captain's daughter and we have e-mailed one another and look forward to meeting in person. My wish is for all the servicemen and women who protect us every day come home safely. God bless America

Darlene Romard-Rotolo
54 Risley Road, Patchogue, NY, 11772
romard54@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Major Boyd E. Squire and Captain Jack P. Dove were assigned to the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. While the 497th TFS flew F-4D aircraft, the two men were shot down while flying a different aircraft - the T-28D TROJAN.

T-28

The T-28 started life as a Navy and Air Force trainer in 1950, but when fitted with weapons stations it became a very useful counter-insurgency aircraft which was used by a number of nations. The US Air Force used it in Vietnam as a Forward Air Control and light attack aircraft. One of the squadrons equipped with T-28s was the 606th Air Commando Squadron at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, located just across the Mekong River about 50 miles west of where the North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Laotian borders met. The 606th ACS was established in March 1966 and operated a variety of aircraft for a variety of missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. Among these aircraft were the A-26As and T-28Ds, which were used for interdiction work along the Trail. On occasion, the 606th's assigned crews were augmented by pilots from other units - and that was the case with Major Squire and Captain Dove.

On the night of 12/13 July 1967, the two men were flying T-28D tail number 49-1569 on a night interdiction mission when they went missing near Ban Katoi, just within North Vietnam. Although search and rescue aircraft did spot a wing from the T-28, they found no sign of the two crewmen. It was supposed they had been hit by AAA fire and crashed before either could bail out of the aircraft. The two men were classed as Killed in Action, Body not Recovered.

The crash site was excavated and recovered remains were repatriated in June 1992. On 19 July 1995 the US Government announced that the remains of Major Squire and Captain Dove had been identified - 28 years and one week after they were lost.



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his daughter,
Jill Dove Teetor
jdt1rn@cox.net
05 Jun 1999



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