BOB EDDY
499 Signal Det.
From: Thomas West [mailto:tomwest@wavecable.com]
Sent: Friday, May 13,
2005 6:49 PM
Subject: Bob Eddy
While I was in
the hospital for 9 days, I got call from Helen Eddy, Bob Eddy's
wife that he had passed away on
April 14, 2005. He was in the
signal unit with Jim Lavender.
Robert K. (Bob) Edgley.
Died on 26 October 1999 at the
age of 55 after a lengthy illness caused by a heart condition.
Bob Served in both 
the Rat Pack and Wolf Pack platoons in 1967-68 & 69.. Prior to the 281st
Bob flew with A / 229, 1st Cav Div. following his service with the 281st he flew
with Air America. Upon returning to the states he flew for the Boston Police
Dept. Bob was raised in upper New York. His last address was 786
Lawrenceburg Loop, Bloomfield, KY 4008His wife Paula survives him.
Fred Ellis
From
Michael Feely:
Fred E. Ellis, DOB 12 March 1947,
SS# 455-16-1331,was a member of the 281st from 1967 to
1969serving most of that time in
the Motor Pool. I'm told that he later
transferred to aircraft maint in the end of 1968. His Mother wrote to me in Sept of 1977 to inform me
that he had passed away in his sleep on Feb 14, 1977 as a result of a
malfunctioning furnace. He was buried in his family's plot in Jasper, Texas
I would like to pass on some information about one of our fellow intruders
who passed on sometime in the mid seventies. His name was Fred Ellis. Fred was
in the company before I arrived in May of '67, and he was there after I left
in December of '68. I don't know how long he was there, it had to be at least
two years or more. Fred worked in the motor pool as the records clerk, I
think. Later, just a few months before I left he had transferred into aircraft
maintenance. After he returned I went to visit him in Tulsa, OK, that was
in the winter of '71. He was selling insurance. Sometime after that, I
think it was in '74,'75,or '76, I received a letter from Mike Feely with a
letter from Fred's mother. She said Fred was found dead in his apartment,
didn't mention a cause of death. She went on to say they had buried him in
Houston, TX. Mike Feely might have a better recollection of the letter
than I. I thought I would pass this along as Fred was one of a
kind, and I'm sure there are a lot fellow intruders who remember him.
Sincerely, Jim Christensen
Kenneth R. Embrey
Robin Hicks and Ken Embrey,Huston,TX 2003
Kenneth
R (Ken) Embrey died on 12-17-2006 at the home of his sister Evelyn home in
Oklahoma. Ken served in the 281st from, 2-68 to 1-69 as a crew chief in the
Bandit Platoon. Ken, along with Robin Hicks, the Aircraft Commander, survived
the crash of UH1-H 227 in which Donald McCoig was KIA. Ken and Robin spent the
night in a bomb crater under heavy enemy fire and at daybreak the following day
they and the members of the Special Forces unit they were supporting walked out
of the jungle to an LZ where they were rescued by the 281st in the late
afternoon. Ken and Robin were united at the 2003 281st AHC reunion in Houston,
Texas.
Ken had a
long struggle with cancer and survived a devastating house fire before his early
death. At Ken's funeral Robin placed his Silver Star, the nation’s Third
highest award for valor in combat, which he received for his actions during the
mission, into ken's coffin, a gesture which clearly signified the bond that
existed between these two Intruder Heroes.