LASITER, CARL WILLIAM Name: Carl William Lasiter Rank/Branch:O3/United States Air Force, pilot Unit: 34th TFS Date of Birth: Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 05 February 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 213700 North 1051700 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Missions: 52 Other Personnel in Incident:none Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: 730314 RELEASED BY DRV SOURCE: WE CAME HOME copyright 1977 Captain and Mrs. Frederic A Wyatt (USNR Ret), Barbara Powers Wyatt, Editor P.O.W. Publications, 10250 Moorpark St., Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Text is reproduced as found in the original publication (including date and spelling errors). UPDATE - 09/95 by the P.O.W. NETWORK, Skidmore, MO CARL W. LASITER Major - United States Air Force Shot Down: February 5, 1968 Released: March 14, 1973 I was born in April 1934 and grew up in Indianapolis Indiana was graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1956 and then taught and coached in high school in Warren, Minnesota until entering the Air Force in 1957. My wife's name is Eleanor and we have four kids, Tammy 16, Kim 15, Susan 14 and John 12. I was shot down in an F-105 over North Vietnam on 5 February 1968 and was released 14 March 1973. My thanks to God and the people of America for the love and support that we are blessed with. ==================== Carl Lasiter retired from the United States Air Force as a Lt. Colonel. He lives in Arizona.
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