Col. Konrad W. Trautman USAF (Ret)

Always honoring and respecting even as the years roll on.

And I were rummaging through some of our old belongings and found a bracelet with Connie´s name engraved on it. I wore this during my high school years in 1969. I would be happy to return it to the family. Thank you for your service.

I wore a metal POW/MIA bracelet with Capt Trautman´s name and the date 10/5/1967 engraved on it during my high school years. This week I found it in a box of memorabilia. I often thought of him and wondered about how he was doing. Thank you Capt for your service. I hope you´re dancing in heaven. Thank you to his family for their sacrifice.

I still have the deepest respect for Colonel Trautman and will always honor him.

Again, to the family of Colonel Trautman, I want you to know I always remember and honor him. I am now the widow of my own heroic Vietnam veteran who we lost to war inflicted injuries many years after the conflict. Indeed, their legacy lives on.

Once again, I am paying a tribute to Colonel Trautman. Even though the members of the most honorable Colonel's family do not know me personally, I want to let them know that I continue to not only think of such a hero, but also I teach my grandchildren about him and the POW bracelet worn for him. I want them to be connected to such brave Americans who were part of "my era" of Vietnam and other combat and peace time missions. They gave so much for the rest of us. Thank you for your service,...

Deepest condolences to the Trautman family. As an elementary student in Steelton during his time as a POW, we children kept him in our hearts and prayers, wore his POW bracelets and have remembered him throughout our lives. Peace to you as we remember him again.

My father and Col Trautman were friends from the 1940's while both served with the 148th in Reading. I had the honor of meeting him when I was 15. An incredible man. For those of us who still serve and fly, he is an inspiration. God speed sir.

On 25 November 1973 I received a letter from your dad, thanking me for wearing his name on a POW/MIA bracelet during the Vietnam War. Today I was doing some housecleaning and found the letter and two pictures that were enclosed. I've had it all this time and it made me want to see if I could find out how he was doing. I was saddened to hear you lost him last December. I am happy to know, though, that you had so many more years to spend with him, upon his release from captivity. I would like...