DETROIT -- U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit holds a memorial service June 9, 2010 for Lt. Jack C. Rittichier, who died June 9, 1968 during the Vietnam War while attempting to rescue a downed Marine pilot.  Commemorating the event at the air station are: Cmdr. Daniel Travers, the station's commanding officer; Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, Ninth Coast Guard District commander; Bill Forsyth of Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Command; Lt. Cmdr. Jim Loomis; and Allen Kaupinen, a Kent State University classmate of Rittichier.  Also shown are personal effects of Rittichier and a rotor blade belonging to his downed helicopter.  The rotor and other related crash site items were recovered in 2002 by an archaeological team led by Forsyth.  U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chuck Reinhart.
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