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Searching for
Kenneth W. Bioclereck

by Cindy

Cindy writes:

I'm looking for my father his name is Kenneth W Bioclereck.U.S Army 'Chie Engin' born 14-7-1911 in Chicago,lived in Alaska,native place Oregon, he came to Phu Yen,Tuy Hoa,Nhatrang since Dec-1968 but i don't know where is he now, i hope still see him in person and happy to know his family too. I never meet him in my life, would you or any one know about him please help me to find him. Thank you very much. GOD BLESS.

Hi Cindy,

I don't know whether any of our readers might be able to help you, but if so, they can post responses for you here.

I think there must be a mistake in the birth date you posted. Someone born in 1911 would be 98 years old now, and would have been 57 in 1968.

How about it readers? Anyone have any idea how Cindy might find her father?

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KENNETH W BIOCLERECK
by: Cindy

Hi, this is Cindy. Thank you very much for your help Jenet.

I was born in Vietnam, i'm mix American and Vietnamese. I never meet my Mom and my Dad but I do have all the information from them on the paperwork.

I came to the United States and living here for 20 yrs ago, but i can't find my father until now because i have a friend she has adopted mother who's American high-school Teacher. She told me to give my paperwork to her then she will ask her adopted mother help me to find my father.

But, over 10 yrs ago i keep asking her to return my paperwork for me to look for my dad before he die, she never give me back. I have so very hard time to get it back and one of my friend she help me to got it back for me yesterday Nov-18-2009 5:30 pm.

Over 20,000 of the mix American and Vietnamese. Black/White. So many of us was orphanage and have very hard life to live because we Mix.

No family, no school, no food, only few of us have the paperwork and the picture from our father. Now i have my own small business and i look for my father and his family because they're my family, i need a family's love not because of anything.

I posted Mr. Kenneth W Bioclereck (Chie Engin)sorry it was CHIEF BG.'Chief Brigadier General' and the last name Bioclereck maybe stand for(Clerc)i really don't know and i need your help please. Kenneth W Bioclereck. 57 yrs-old in 1968. Was in Phu yen, Tuy Hoa, Nha Trang, Vietnam. Chief Brigadier General.

I don't like War, i lost my family because of the War,i don't want to adopt any-one because i don't want to see myself again but if i adopt some-one i will love them very much because i understand them,i know what' they want and what they need.

Thank for your time, my English is not very well, i hope you understand and forgive.

Have a nice Thanksgiving day.GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. Cindy

AmerAsian Children in Vietnam
by: Janet, Editor

Hi Cindy,

As you mention, there were thousands of children, like you, born during America's involvement in Vietnam, with American military fathers and Vietnamese mothers.

What a tragedy that you never met your mother or your father. I can certainly understand your desire to find them, or to at least know who they were and learn something about them.

Based on the information you have provided, it is doubtful that your father is still alive, because he would be 98 years old today. I think it will be extremely difficult to find him, even if he is still alive.

There seems to be some mistake in the information you have. In the American military, there is no rank called Chief Brigadier General, so that information must be in error.

But if he was in the American military at 57 years old, chances are that he would presumably be of a higher rank, whether officer or enlisted.

I did a little preliminary research on the information you provided, and learned that there were US Air Force bases in Tuy Hoa and Nha Trang, so it is possible that your father may have been in the Air Force. You can search in Google on "usaf tuy hoa nha trang" (without the quotes) and get some more information about the various units that were stationed at those bases.

That might provide you with a good place to start your research. If you would like to fax me the paperwork that you have, I will review it and see if I can find the error, or any additional information that might help locate your father. You have my e-mail address from the e-mail you received earlier, so send me an e-mail and I will give you my fax number.

There might be enough information on your documents for you to make a request for government records under the Freedom of Information Act, to see if there are any military records under that name. I can help you with the letter you would need to send.

However, I don't want you to have false hopes of finding your father. Unfortunately, it is not unusual for men in those types of situations to give false names, specifically so they can't be located later. It's a rather callous thing to do, but it is, unfortunately, a reality, especially during times of war in foreign lands.

So you may reach a dead-end rather quickly, but I'm willing to take a look at your papers and see if there is anything I can do to help you, if you have access to a fax machine to send them to me. Or if you have a scanner attached to your computer, you can try scanning and e-mailing them to me.

Please give me as much information as you have - your birth name, date and location of birth, name of the orphanage, your mother's name, and ANY other information you have. When and how did you came to America? Were you adopted by an American family? Do you know what organization helped with the adoption, etc.?

I will see if I can help you get started, and if I can point you in the direction of other possible avenues for assistance.

Best wishes,
Janet

Hardships faced by AmerAsian Children
by: Cindy

Hi, Jenet.

Thank you very much for your trying to help me, you so very kind. I will make a copy of the paperwork and fax that to you. On the paper do have a passport # for my father too.

I was born in Nhatrang on May-1970 and i don't know why my mother gave me away to my Vietnamese adopted mother when i was 2 months old. My adopted mother she love me very much.

I came to United States since 1989 by the US Goverment (call Child homecoming act, something like that). I came in to USA with my uncle's family, because the US Gov not only try to bring the child home, they bring all the family who take care for that child too.

Before that time the AmerAsian they live lives like Animals, but at that time every Vietnamese people try to look for us and buy us and took us home and they so very very nice to us and fill out the paperwork and said we're they family and going to America with us.

After came in to America they turn on us, they throw us out of their apartment door right away. Myself, my friends, my brother, sister who mix is the same story (we were mix, that's why we called brother and sister). After I came to USA 13 days later i cannot live with the family who i call uncle (because he is my adopted mother's cousin) but on the paper i have to call him Dad, his family had 7 people brought to USA.

I don't know how much he paid or not pay my adopted mother. I went to High School for one yrs, because of my age that's why i can't stay more yr in HS. I went to Tech-college for 2yrs, that time i lived in Minnesota 1990-1999 and i move to (deleted) and live here until now.

I have one children, 16 yrs old boy who have all A's in school. On the weekend he coming to the shop for helping me to take care of my small business. He in ROTC, he is very proud of his grandfather even though we're never meeting him.

Very nice to talking to you miss Jenet. i will talk to my friends about this website. Again thank you very much for you help, even later on if i still can't find my father, i still happy because i get to know you and of your very kind person and your support, your best wish for me. Call me if you have any question (phone no. deleted).

Thank you very much Jenet.
Cindy

Cindy, your story is heartbreaking, and you are to be commended for having such a great attitude. I have deleted some of the personal information before publishing your note, but I am publishing your story to help Americans understand the hardships faced by children who were left behind by American fathers.

I look forward to receiving your papers to see if I can help. I would be surprised if your father had a passport, because most service members in those days did not - their military ID was all they needed. But IF that number is his service number, that is the magic number you need to find his military service records. If it is a passport number, we may be able to get more information from the State Department. So please fax the paper as soon as you can.

Very Hard to Get Help
by: Cindy

Hi Miss Jenet.

Thanks for your time and you still try to help me. Couple months ago i keep searching for my Father but i don't know how to find him.

I'm keep searching and searching and question on anywhere i can but still hear nothing on anybody, until i'm going to your website and i am so very happy and lucky ONLY YOU ANSWER MY EMAIL BACK AND TRY TO HELP ME.

About the last name. Because all that time my friend still not return my paperwork, that's why i don't remember exactly my father's last name.

Then ONLY YOU KNOW ABOUT SOME OF MY PERSONAL STORY. I don't know why i talk to you like that? maybe because i trust you and i think you the one who will help me that why you have to know some thing true about me.

Miss Janet, i really need your help but if you think you can't or to buzy, that's okay, because i feel bad when i keep bother you too much like this, i am sorry and thank you very much to you Miss Janet.

GOD BLESS.
Cindy

Cindy,

Thank you for your kind words. I believe that because you were left behind by an American father to face a life where you were outcast and not welcome in your own homeland, America owes you some answers, if we can find them.

I don't know how much we'll be able to do, but I'll take a look at your papers when I get them, and we'll see where we can go from there.

I talked to a friend who was in the Army stationed at Da Nang, and he tells me that even though there were Air Force bases in the places you mention, there were also large numbers of US Army personnel there. So the information you have about your father being an Army engineer is probably right. Hopefully, your papers will contain enough information to help us find more about him.

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