In-Country Vietnam Veteran Association...

Through our community efforts, In-Country Vietnam Veteran's perpetuate the positive image of the Vietnam Veteran.

In-Country Vietnam Veteran's give of their time, effort and money to help those in need.

In-Country Vietnam Veteran's are taking an active part in shaping the future of this country.

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In-Country Vietnam Veteran's Association is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.
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Nick (Nicky) Bacon
A message from Dave Fletcher:
Colleagues:

After a long battle with cancer, NICK BACON, our friend and a great hero, passed away this morning at about 6:30.
Nick was Arkansas' last living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Final  arrangements are not complete, but service with full military honors will be conducted at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock on Saturday, July 24th, 2010, at 11:00 A.M.  Following the Service,  a reception is being planned.  Information about the service, the reception, and parking arrangements will be placed on our web site, when available.  Please consider Nick's family in your prayers.

Susan G. King
Public Information Specialist
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs
1501 W. Maryland Ave.
N. Little Rock, Arkansas  72120
(501) 992-0192
 
 
Good friend and MOH recipient Nicky Bacon as he like to be called Passed on from a long bout of cancer
looks as if Agent Orange has brought down another brother. I have known Nicky since moving to Arizona in 1976 when I was at a Veteran Day Parade he was walking in the parade with the Vietnam Veterans Association. He came over to the corner where my wife and I was standing and said you can't stand there Marine, got to come join us. And after the parade went down to American Legion 42 located at Grant and 2nd Ave, we had a couple of beers together and this was the start of a long friendship. I will miss him.
 
I spoke to Nicky on the phone just over a month ago, he told me it was getting harder to fight anymore.  I told him I would e-mail once a week for updates on his condition he has not responded.  We will all miss you brother, go home to the Lord and walk with the other brothers a waiting you until we meet again.
 
Your friend and brother always.
Also note he was connected to the town of Surprise back in the 70's as well. Can't remember if he was finance officer  or town manager, but, Nicky put Surprise on the map as well. Surprise might want to erect a memorial in his behalf next to the only one in town a WWII memorial. Or maybe the veterans group could get together to do this, to honor a brother and a hero of the Vietnam War.
 
Biography
Bacon was born in Caraway, Arkansas, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Phoenix, Arizona. He reached the rank of staff sergeant while serving his second combat tour in Vietnam as part of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division. On August 26, 1968, while commanding a squad of the first platoon of Company B, 4th Battalion in an operation west of Tam Ky, Bacon and his unit came under fire from enemy positions. While Bacon destroyed these positions with hand grenades, his platoon leader was wounded in open ground. Assuming command, Bacon led the platoon to destroy the remaining enemy emplacements.
When the third platoon of Bravo Company lost their own leader, Bacon took command of that platoon as well as his own and led both platoons against enemy positions. During the evacuation of the wounded, Bacon climbed the side of a nearby tank to gain a vantage point and direct fire into enemy positions, despite his exposure to enemy fire. He was personally credited with killing at least 4 enemy soldiers[1] and destroying an anti-tank gun.
For his actions in this battle, Bacon was awarded the Medal of Honor. For his distinguished military service in Vietnam and throughout his career, he also received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars (with combat "V"), the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and numerous other awards and decorations.
After the war, Bacon continued to serve in the Army until his retirement as a first sergeant. He later served as president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Director of Veterans' Affairs for the State of Arkansas. In the 1990s he traveled to Vietnam as part of a POW/MIA task force and traveled to Israel at the invitation of Jewish veterans, urging the Israeli government not to cede the Golan Heights to Syria. Bacon also became a veterans' advocate.
Bacon died July 17, 2010, at his home in Rose Bud, Arkansas.[2]

Agent Orange



Fake POW's

 During Vietnam there were only 661 POW's, officially recognized and returned
from that war alive - and about 100 of those have since died,
according to Defense figures. But 966 purported Vietnam POW's
are getting disability payments, stated the VA. Even Four women
 Vietnam vets blamed disabilities on their time as prisoners - even though
there's no record of female POWs in that war.

www.pownetwork.org/
 

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