{"id":880,"date":"2024-05-15T03:51:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T03:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp\/?p=880"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:02:28","slug":"lost-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"Lost Brothers (KIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" 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>Alphabetical Listing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-Ellis-Miller-Bailey\" >CPT Ellis Miller Bailey<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#PFC-Charles-Douglas-Blair\" >PFC&nbsp;Charles Douglas Blair<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-James-Gregory-Brady\" >SP4 James Gregory Brady<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-Daniel-Scanlon-Brooker\" >SGT Daniel Scanlon Brooker<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-Luis-Hector-Campos\" >SGT&nbsp;Luis Hector Campos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-Jerome-Dee-Chandler\" >SGT&nbsp;&nbsp;Jerome Dee Chandler<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-John-Andrew-Charnoplosky\" >SGT&nbsp;John Andrew Charnoplosky<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Joseph-Leonard-Colotti\" >SP4 Joseph Leonard Colotti<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CW2-Howard-Brisbane-Comer\" >CW2&nbsp;Howard Brisbane Comer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP5-David-De-Witt-Creel\" >SP5&nbsp;David De Witt Creel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-Thomas-Albert-Derosier\" >CPT Thomas Albert Derosier<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Allen-Eugene-Duneman\" >WO1&nbsp;Allen Eugene Duneman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Stephen-John-Eckle\" >WO1&nbsp;Stephen John Eckle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP5-Clyde-Sampson-Evans\" >SP5&nbsp;Clyde Sampson Evans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-John-Francis-Fitzgerald\" >WO1&nbsp;John Francis Fitzgerald<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Fredrick-Harry-Frazier\" >SP4 Fredrick Harry Frazier<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP5-William-John-Johnson\" >SP5 William John Johnson<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-James-Randall-Jones-Jr\" >SP4 James Randall Jones Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Roy-Douglas-Jordan\" >SP4 Roy Douglas Jordan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Stephen-Dale-Karnehm\" >WO1 Stephen Dale Karnehm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-Donald-Robert-Kilpatrick\" >CPT Donald Robert Kilpatrick<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-John-Julliano-Kintaro\" >CPT John Julliano Kintaro<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Raymond-Henry-Krug-Jr\" >WO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-Edwin-Allen-Kudlacek\" >SGT Edwin Allen Kudlacek<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-Thomas-John-Larkin-II\" >CPT Thomas John Larkin II<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SGT-Dennis-Jay-Lulofs\" >SGT Dennis Jay Lulofs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Gerald-David-Markland\" >WO1 Gerald David Markland<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Vincent-Patrick-Martin-Jr\" >WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Stephen-Chester-Ponty-Jr\" >SP4 Stephen Chester Ponty Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Michael-Grant-Porter\" >SP4&nbsp;Michael Grant Porter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-Billie-Taylor-Presson\" >CPT Billie Taylor Presson<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Thomas-Joe-Puff\" >WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#ILT-August-Karl-Ritzau\" >ILT August Karl Ritzau<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#MAJ-Evert-Eugene-Robeson\" >MAJ Evert Eugene Robeson<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Ricardo-Ibrahin-Romero\" >SP4 Ricardo Ibrahin Romero<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#-MAJ-Charles-Edward-Sauer\" >&nbsp;MAJ&nbsp;Charles Edward Sauer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#-SGT-Kenneth-Charles-Scruton\" >&nbsp;SGT&nbsp;Kenneth Charles Scruton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#CPT-James-Garland-Siddons\" >CPT James Garland Siddons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#PFC-Paul-Joseph-Simon\" >PFC Paul Joseph Simon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#-CPL-Ivra-Allen-Tatum\" >&nbsp;CPL&nbsp;&nbsp;Ivra Allen Tatum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#-SP4-Kent-Childs-Taylor\" >&nbsp;SP4&nbsp;Kent Childs Taylor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP5-Harold-Allen-Tharp-Jr\" >SP5&nbsp;Harold Allen Tharp Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#WO1-Charles-Chester-Wilcox\" >WO1 Charles Chester Wilcox<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#SP4-Laurence-Atwood-Young\" >SP4 Laurence Atwood Young<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\" href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=880\/#Veterans-KIA-After-187th-AHC-Service\" >Veterans 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noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey.jpg 617w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey-300x346.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey_rub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey_rub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey_rub.jpg 650w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bailey_rub-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"bailey\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-Ellis-Miller-Bailey\"><\/span><strong>CPT Ellis Miller Bailey<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">March 17, 1940 &#8211; October 11, 1967<br> Hometown: Itasca, TX<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187th.net\/lost\/Lostpictures\/CPTBailey.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187th.net\/lost\/Lostpictures\/CPTBailey.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#bailey-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"bailey-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Ellis Miller Bailey<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT &#8211; O3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n27 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Mar 17, 1940<br \/>\nFrom ITASCA, TEXAS<br \/>\nLength of service 4 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Apr 28, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Oct 11, 1967 in GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion CHURCH OF CHRIST<br \/>\nPanel 27E &#8211; &#8211; Line 87<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#bailey-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"bailey-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>11 Oct 1967<\/b> \u2013 Captain Ellis M. Bailey died when his aircraft crashed into the water and sank with six people on board, while on operations south of Saigon with U.S. Navy Riverboats. Captain Bailey was the only person unable to get out of the aircraft, and it settled in 30 feet of water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/db\/BlairCD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair.jpg 613w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair-300x316.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair_rub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair_rub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair_rub.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/blair_rub-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"blair\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PFC-Charles-Douglas-Blair\"><\/span><strong>PFC&nbsp;Charles Douglas Blair<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Feburary 15, 1950&nbsp;&nbsp;~&nbsp;May 14, 1970<br>Hometown: Orlando, FL<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blair_charlie-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blair_charlie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13672\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:125px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#blair-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"blair-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Charles Douglas Blair<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>PFC &#8211; E3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 15, 1950<br \/>\nFrom ORLANDO, FLORIDA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jan 12, 1970<br \/>\nCasualty was on May 14, 1970 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion BAPTIST<br \/>\nPanel 10W &#8211; &#8211; Line 38<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#blair-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"blair-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>14 May 70<\/b> \u2013 A bad day for the \u201cCrusaders\u201d. Aircraft #767 (UH-1H) was on single ship mission in Cambodia. During a storm the ship crashed killing all four of the crew, and three passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in this incident were:<br \/>\nCPT Thomas John Larkin II \u2013 Aircraft Commander<br \/>\nWO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr. \u2013 Pilot<br \/>\nSP4 Kent Childs Taylor \u2013 Gunner<br \/>\nPFC Charles Douglas Blair \u2013 Crew Chief<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/db\/BradyJG01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady_rub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady_rub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady_rub.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady_rub-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\" id=\"brady\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-James-Gregory-Brady\"><\/span><strong>SP4 James Gregory Brady<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">January 28, 1948 &#8211; November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Sacramento, CA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brady-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10539\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:125px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#brady-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"brady-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>James Gregory Brady<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jan 28, 1948<br \/>\nFrom SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Apr 03, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 38W &#8211; &#8211; Line 71<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#brady-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"brady-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>27 Nov 1968<\/b> \u2013 The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/db\/BrookerDS01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker_rub-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker_rub-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker_rub-1.jpg 646w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/brooker_rub-1-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"brooker\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-Daniel-Scanlon-Brooker\"><\/span><strong>SGT Daniel Scanlon Brooker<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">September 19, 1951 &#8211; November 15, 1971<br>Hometown: New Smyrna Beach, FL<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brooker_dan_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brooker_dan_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13673\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:125px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#brooker-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"brooker-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Daniel Scanlon Brooker<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Sep 19, 1951<br \/>\nFrom NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on May 09, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 15, 1971 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W &#8211; &#8211; Line 67<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#brooker-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"brooker-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>15 Nov 71<\/b> \u2013 Tragedy again struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d.   The Crusaders were working an eight ship mission in Cambodia. C&#038;C was being flown by Cpt. Skip Davis, (Rat Pack 36).  Two of the slicks were released from the flight to refuel in Tay Ninh. On the way to Tay Ninh, flying in a close staggered right formation, the trail ship with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, Pilot Frank Kanauka, Sp5 Nettleton and PFC Callahan, impacted the main rotors of the lead ship.  Post impact gyrations severed most of the trail ship\u2019s tail boom and tearing the rotor blades completely off the lead ship.<\/p>\n<p>The lead ship crashed killing the entire crew which consisted of:<br \/>\nAircraft Commander \u2013 WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<br \/>\nPilot -WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin, Jr.<br \/>\nSp4 John Andrew Charnaplosky<br \/>\nSp4 Daniel Scanlon Brooker<br \/>\nCaptain Davis was first on the ground and reports all that was left of the lead ship was a two foot high pile of molten metal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/CamposLH01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173818.jpg 666w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173818-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173818-300x320.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173905.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173905.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173905.jpg 650w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-173905-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"campos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-Luis-Hector-Campos\"><\/span><strong>SGT&nbsp;Luis Hector Campos<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">April 13, 1949 &#8211; September 27, 1971<br>Hometown: Meadow, TX<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Campos-kia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Campos-kia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7750\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#campos-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"campos-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SGT Luis Hector Campos<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n22 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Apr 13, 1949<br \/>\nFrom MEADOW, TEXAS<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Dec 14, 1970<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 27, 1971 in PHUOC LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 27<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#campos-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"campos-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Sep 71 \u2013 Aircraft # 67-17371, UH-1H. Tragedy struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d on this day. On the return trip from Song Be to Di An a flight of 8 Crusader ships ran into dense IFR weather. Aircraft 67-17371 went inadvertent IFR and crashed into the ground killing all aboard. The crew consisted of:<\/p>\n<p>WO1 Steven D. Karnehm,<br \/>\nCPT John J. Kintaro,<br \/>\nSP4 Luis H. Campos<br \/>\nSGT. Edwin A. Kudlacek.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/ChandlerJD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chandler-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chandler-1.jpg 613w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chandler-1-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chandler-1-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174245.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174245.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174245.jpg 644w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174245-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"chandler\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-Jerome-Dee-Chandler\"><\/span><strong>SGT&nbsp;&nbsp;Jerome Dee Chandler<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">November 20, 1944 &#8211; November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Norfolk, NE<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chandler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7751\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:142px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chandler.jpg 261w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chandler-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#chandler-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"chandler-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SGT  Jerome Dee Chandler<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n24 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Nov 20, 1944<br \/>\nFrom NORFOLK, NEBRASKA<br \/>\nLength of service 6 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Apr 15, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968 SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 38W \u2013 \u2013 Line 73<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#chandler-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"chandler-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Nov 1968 \u2013 The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<p>Battle Reports \u2013 Thanksgiving 1968<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/CharnoploskyJA01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174419.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174419-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174419-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174443.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174443.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174443.jpg 641w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174443-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"charnoplosky\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-John-Andrew-Charnoplosky\"><\/span><strong>SGT&nbsp;John Andrew Charnoplosky<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">December 31, 1954 &#8211; November 15, 1971<br>Hometown: Fairmont, WV<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/charnoplosky.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/charnoplosky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#charn-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"charn-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SGT John Andrew Charnoplosky<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n18 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Dec 31, 1952<br \/>\nFrom FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Apr 25, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 15, 1971 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 67<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#charn-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"charn-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n15 Nov 71 \u2013 Tragedy again struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d.   The Crusaders were working an eight ship mission in Cambodia. C&#038;C was being flown by Cpt. Skip Davis, (Rat Pack 36).  Two of the slicks were released from the flight to refuel in Tay Ninh. On the way to Tay Ninh, flying in a close staggered right formation, the trail ship with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, Pilot Frank Kanauka, Sp5 Nettleton and PFC Callahan, impacted the main rotors of the lead ship.  Post impact gyrations severed most of the trail ship\u2019s tail boom and tearing the rotor blades completely off the lead ship.<\/p>\n<p>The lead ship crashed killing the entire crew which consisted of:<br \/>\nAircraft Commander \u2013 WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<br \/>\nPilot -WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin, Jr.<br \/>\nSp4 John Andrew Charnaplosky<br \/>\nSp4 Daniel Scanlon Brooker<br \/>\nCaptain Davis was first on the ground and reports all that was left of the lead ship was a two foot high pile of molten metal.<\/p>\n<p>The trail ship, with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, and without a tail boom, managed to hit the ground in a level attitude.  Everyone aboard survived but suffered severe compression fractures from the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Bennet\u2019s (Crusader \u201c94) account of the landing as told to Bill Gray (Crusader \u201c11\u201d) at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was flying straight and level at 1500 feet AGL and the next thing I knew I was looking directly at the ground and heading there rapidly.  I had the cyclic embedded in my stomach to no avail and suddenly at about 100 feet the UH-1H flattened out and we had a very hard landing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gray comments, \u201cMy observation is that this had to be divine intervention because a UH-1H will not flatten out with no tail boom and this bird had no tail boom.  I saw it.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/ColottiJL01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/colotti-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/colotti-1.jpg 623w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/colotti-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/colotti-1-300x309.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174821.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174821.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-174821-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"colotti\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Joseph-Leonard-Colotti\"><\/span><strong>SP4 Joseph Leonard Colotti<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Feburary 3, 1948 &#8211; April 19, 1967<br>Hometown: Glenn Falls, NY<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/colotti.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/colotti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#colo-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"colo-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SP4 Joseph Leonard Colotti<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 2, 1948<br \/>\nFrom GLEN FALLS, NY<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Sep 13, 1966<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 19, 1967 in VINH LONG PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, DIED OF OTHER CAUSES<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 18E \u2013 \u2013 Line 48<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#colo-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"colo-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\nDuring in-country training with the 175th AHC, wounded by shrapnel on April 17, 1967 and died 2 days later of peunomia<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/ComerHB01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175036.jpg 606w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175036-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175036-300x323.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175056.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175056.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175056.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175056-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/armwing.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"comer\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CW2-Howard-Brisbane-Comer\"><\/span><strong>CW2&nbsp;Howard Brisbane Comer<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">June 4, 1945 &#8211; November 24, 1969<br>Hometown: Jacksonville, FL<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/comer_howard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/comer_howard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1889\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#comer-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"comer-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>CW2 Howard Brisbane Comer<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CWO \u2013 W2 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n24 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jun 04, 1945<br \/>\nFrom JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA<br \/>\nLength of service 4 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Nov 24, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 24, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 PILOT<br \/>\nAIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN<br \/>\nPanel 16W \u2013 \u2013 Line 115<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#comer-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"comer-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n24 Nov 69 \u2013 While on a DCS mission near Ben Cao, aircraft UH-1H # 68-15564 crashed into the river. SP4 James Randall Jones Jr. (Crewchief) and SP4 Laurence Atwood Young (Gunner) were killed in the accident.   Warrant Officer Ronald R. Heier, the aircraft commander, escaped with minor cuts and lacerations, as did the two passengers.  The co-pilot CW2 Howard Brisbane Comer, died and the body was subsequently recovered and identified in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Corrected information from Jeff Thomason, Lt. Col, US Army (Retired)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the aviation safety officer and the S3 of the 269th Aviation Battalion from Oct 69 \u2013 May 70. (Parent battalion of the 187th at that time)<\/p>\n<p>Re: your entry 24 Nov 69 AC UH-1H 68-15564. I investigated the accident. Warrant Officer Ronald Heir was the only survivor, the rest of the crew and all passengers were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addendum: In contradiction to the above information.<br \/>\nThe two E7 passengers did indeed survive as they are not listed on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>E7 J Picht, Passenger \u2013 survived<br \/>\nE7 G Fredette, Passenger \u2013 survived<br \/>\nTheir  names are listed on the virtual wall page incident report as survivor list as originally stated.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/CreelDD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175314.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175314.jpg 615w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175314-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175314-300x313.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175337.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175337.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175337.jpg 646w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-14-175337-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"creel\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP5-David-De-Witt-Creel\"><\/span><strong>SP5&nbsp;David De Witt Creel<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">May 12, 1948 &#8211; November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Long Beach, MS<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/creel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/creel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7754\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:129px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/creel.jpg 236w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/creel-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#creel-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"creel-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SP5 David De Witt Creel<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP5 \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on May 12, 1948<br \/>\nFrom LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 03, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion BAPTIST<br \/>\nPanel 38W \u2013 \u2013 Line 72<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#creel-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"creel-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Nov 1968 \u2013 The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<p>Battle Reports \u2013 Thanksgiving 1968<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dd\/DerosierTA01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090311.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090311.jpg 615w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090311-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090311-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090337.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090337.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090337.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090337-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/armwing.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"derosier\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-Thomas-Albert-Derosier\"><\/span><strong>CPT Thomas Albert Derosier<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">July 20, 1938 &#8211; July 7, 1967<br>Hometown: Fall River, MA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Derosier.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Derosier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2056\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#desros-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"desros-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>CPT Thomas Albert Derosier<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT \u2013 O3 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n28 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jul 20, 1938<br \/>\nFrom FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS<br \/>\nLength of service 6 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Feb 19, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Jul 07, 1967 in SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNon-Hostile, died missing<br \/>\nHELICOPTER \u2013 NON-CREW, AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 23E \u2013 \u2013 Line 27<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#desros-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"desros-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n7 Jul 1967 \u2013 A UH-1D helicopter flown by Major Charles E. Sauer and Captain Thomas A. Derosier was reported missing Crews were scrambled immediately upon report of the missing Blackhawks, The aircraft was found in the vicinity of Minh Thanh and it had crashed and burned beyond recognition. No one knows the cause of the mysterious tragedy which took the lives of the four crew members aboard. Major Sauer, Captain Derosier, PFC Tatum and PFC Simon were the first members of the 187th Assault helicopter Company to die in the Republic of Vietnam.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dd\/DunemanAE01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090522.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090522-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090522-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090535.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090535.jpg 655w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090535-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/armwing.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"duneman\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Allen-Eugene-Duneman\"><\/span><strong>WO1&nbsp;Allen Eugene Duneman<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">January 19, 1943 &#8211; November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Magnolia, LA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/duneman_al.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"69\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/duneman_al.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2095\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#dune-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"dune-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>WO1 Allen Eugene Duneman<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jan 19, 1943<br \/>\nFrom MAGNOLIA, IOWA<br \/>\nLength of service 6 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on May 03, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion LUTHERAN &#038; MISSOURI SYNOD<br \/>\nPanel 38W \u2013 \u2013 Line 73<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#dune-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"dune-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Nov 1968 \u2013 The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<p>Battle Reports \u2013 Thanksgiving 1968<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/de\/EckleSJ01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle2-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle2-300x346.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle.jpg 653w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eckle-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/armwing.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"eckle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Stephen-John-Eckle\"><\/span><strong>WO1&nbsp;Stephen John Eckle<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Feburary 18, 1943 &#8211; April 12, 1968<br>Hometown: Columbus, OH<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/eckle1_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/eckle1_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#eckle-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"eckle-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Stephen John Eckle<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CWO &#8211; W1 &#8211; Army &#8211; Reserve<br \/>\n25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 18, 1943<br \/>\nFrom COLUMBUS, OHIO<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jul 14, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 12, 1968 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 49E &#8211; &#8211; Line 30<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) Stephen John Eckle, born on February 18, 1943, in Ohio, served as a helicopter pilot with the 187th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War. Tragically, he was killed in action on April 12, 1968, when his helicopter crashed in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/97277836\/stephen-john-eckle?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FIND A GRAVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CW2 Eckle&#8217;s commendations include:<\/p>\n<p>~ Army Aviator Badge<br \/>\n~ Purple Heart<br \/>\n~ Air Medal<br \/>\n~ National Defense Service Medal<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Service Medal<br \/>\n~Vietnam Campaign Medal<\/p>\n<p>He is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Panel 49E, Line 30. <\/p>\n<p>CW2 Eckle&#8217;s dedication and sacrifice are remembered by his comrades and the nation.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#eckle-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"eckle-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>12 Apr 1968<\/b> \u2013 A sad day for the Crusaders. While flying support for 3rd BDE. 25th Inf. Div., a Rat Pack gun ship received 6 to 7 .51 cal hits to the rear of the engine compartment. The ship went down and resulting in 3 KIA\u2019s and 1 WIA.<br \/>\nA\/C \u2013 WO1 Stephen John Eckle \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nPilot \u2013 WO1 John Francis Fitzgerald \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nCrew Chief \u2013 SP5 Harold Allen Tharp Jr. \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nDoor Gunner \u2013 John L. Wilcox \u2013 WIA<br \/>\nThe Area of operation was North East of Dau Tieng at the Northern tip of the Michelin Rubber Plantation<\/p>\n<p><b>From the Coffelt Database<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UH-1C 66-00670 SHOT DOWN IN THE MICHELIN PLANTATION 15 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DAU TIENG 19690412<br \/>\nBinh Duong Province South Vietnam, UTM grid reference is XT564593<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/de\/EvansCS02a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090752.jpg 619w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090752-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090752-300x312.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090841.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090841.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090841.jpg 650w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-090841-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"evans\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP5-Clyde-Sampson-Evans\"><\/span><strong>SP5&nbsp;Clyde Sampson Evans<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">March 21, 1949 &#8211; May 21, 1969<br>Hometown: Portsmouth, OH<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EvansClydeSampson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EvansClydeSampson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2213\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#evans-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"evans-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SP5 Clyde Sampson Evans<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP5 \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Mar 21, 1949<br \/>\nFrom PORTSMOUTH, OHIO<br \/>\nLength of service 2 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Sep 26, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on May 21, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion BAPTIST<br \/>\nPanel 24W \u2013 \u2013 Line 65<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#evans-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"evans-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n21 May 69 \u2013 Another sad day at the 187th. The smoke ship, piloted by Warrant Officer Al North and Warrant Officer Henry Domingus, experienced a tail rotor failure, probably due to enemy fire, while in route to Tay Ninh to refuel and re-smoke.  The aircraft crashed and burned.   Warrant Officer North suffered burns and back injuries.  Warrant Officer Domingus suffered burns and later returned to Tay Ninh.  SP4 Moreno, the gunner, suffered multiple fractures to his arm and was evacuated to the states, as was WO North.   The crew chief, SP5 Clyde Sampson Evans, was killed in action.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/df\/FitzgeraldJF01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220405.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220405.jpg 614w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220405-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220405-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220417.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220417.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220417.jpg 646w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-220417-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/armwing.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"fitzgerald\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-John-Francis-Fitzgerald\"><\/span><strong>WO1&nbsp;John Francis Fitzgerald<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">May 20, 1947 &#8211; April 12, 1968<br>Hometown: Norwood, MA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fitzgerald_john_then.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fitzgerald_john_then.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fitzgerald_john_then.jpg 350w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fitzgerald_john_then-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fitzgerald_john_then-300x390.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#fitz-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"fitz-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>WO1 John Francis Fitzgerald<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CWO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on May 20, 1947<br \/>\nFrom NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jun 12, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 12, 1968 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 49E \u2013 \u2013 Line 32<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#fitz-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"fitz-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<b>12 Apr 1968<\/b> \u2013 A sad day for the Crusaders. While flying support for 3rd BDE. 25th Inf. Div., a Rat Pack gun ship received 6 to 7 .51 cal hits to the rear of the engine compartment. The ship went down and resulting in 3 KIA\u2019s and 1 WIA.<br \/>\nA\/C \u2013 WO1 Stephen John Eckle \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nPilot \u2013 WO1 John Francis Fitzgerald \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nCrew Chief \u2013 SP5 Harold Allen Tharp Jr. \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nDoor Gunner \u2013 John L. Wilcox \u2013 WIA<br \/>\nThe Area of operation was North East of Dau Tieng at the Northern tip of the Michelin Rubber Plantation<\/p>\n<p><b>From the Coffelt Database<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UH-1C 66-00670 SHOT DOWN IN THE MICHELIN PLANTATION 15 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DAU TIENG 19690412<br \/>\nBinh Duong Province South Vietnam, UTM grid reference is XT564593<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/de\/EvansCS02a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_vw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_vw.jpg 620w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_vw-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_vw-300x343.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_rub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_rub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_rub.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frazer_rub-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"frazier\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Fredrick-Harry-Frazier\"><\/span><strong>SP4 Fredrick Harry Frazier<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">June 21, 1947 &#8211; November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Wickenburg, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/frazer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/frazer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10545\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#frazer-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"frazer-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>SP5 Clyde Sampson Evans<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n21 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jun 21, 1947<br \/>\nFrom WICKENBURG, ARIZONA<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on May 20, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 38W \u2013 \u2013 Line 72<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#frazer-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"frazer-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Nov 1968 \u2013 The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<p>Battle Reports \u2013 Thanksgiving 1968<\/p>\n<p>28 Nov 1968 \u2013 Thanksgiving Day was celebrated with the traditional dinner but hearts mourned the loss of friends and fellow Crusaders.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson2.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson2-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson2-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson1.jpg 644w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/johnson1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aircrew.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10642\" style=\"width:178px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"johnson\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP5-William-John-Johnson\"><\/span><strong>SP5 William John Johnson<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">January 23, 1951 &#8211; February 12, 1971<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Santa Maria, CA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/johnson_william.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/johnson_william.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2900\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#johnson-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"johnson-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<strong><center>William John Johnson<\/center><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SP5 \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jan 23, 1951<br \/>\nFrom SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jun 13, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Feb 12, 1971 in CAMBODIA<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion<br \/>\nBAPTIST \u2013 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION<br \/>\nPanel 05W \u2013 \u2013 Line 99<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#johnson-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"johnson-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n12 Feb. 71 \u2013 Aircraft #297 (AH-1G) lost its tail rotor while on a special mission in Cambodia and the pilot AC\/ 1LT. Rodney Woods performed a near perfect autorotation.  The only damage to the aircraft was a broken left skid.  After the aircraft came to rest very near to the enemy positions, the front seat pilot\/gunner (Cpt. James Garland Siddons) jumped from the aircraft and ran for the C&#038;C ship.  Cpt. Siddons was struck by the rotor blade and killed instantly.  The crew chief of the C&#038;C ship (SP5 William John Johnson) in an effort to retrieve the body of Cpt. Siddons was also hit by the still spinning rotor blade and was also killed. The downed Cobra was later recovered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones2-1.jpg 622w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones2-1-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones2-1-300x311.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones1.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jones1-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jones\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-James-Randall-Jones-Jr\"><\/span><strong>SP4 James Randall Jones Jr.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">April 19, 1949 ~ November 24, 1969<br>Hometown: Leavenworth, WA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jones_james_r.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jones_james_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2905\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#jones-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"jones-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Randall Jones Jr<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Apr 19, 1949<br \/>\nFrom LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jun 13, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 24, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PRESBYTERIAN<br \/>\nPanel 16W \u2013 \u2013 Line 118<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#jones-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"jones-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n24 Nov 69 \u2013 While on a DCS mission near Ben Cao, aircraft UH-1H # 68-15564 crashed into the river. SP4 James Randall Jones Jr. (Crewchief) and SP4 Laurence Atwood Young (Gunner) were killed in the accident.   Warrant Officer Ronald R. Heier, the aircraft commander, escaped with minor cuts and lacerations, as did the two passengers.  The co-pilot CW2 Howard Brisbane Comer, died and the body was subsequently recovered and identified in 2001.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan1-300x346.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan-1.jpg 643w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jordan-1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Roy-Douglas-Jordan\"><\/span><strong>SP4 Roy Douglas Jordan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">February 11, 1951 ~ December 27, 1970<br>Hometown: Logansport, IN<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jordan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jordan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2912\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#jordan-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"jordan-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Roy Douglas Jordan<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 11, 1951<br \/>\nFrom LOGANSPORT, INDIANA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Oct 25, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Dec 27, 1970<br \/>\nin TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PRESBYTERIAN<br \/>\nPanel 05W \u2013 \u2013 Line 11<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#jordan-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"jordan-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\nIndividual was killed while the door gunner of a military aircraft on a combat operation when fired on by hostile ground force. The aircraft did not crash or burn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karneheim1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karneheim1.jpg 663w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karneheim1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karneheim1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karnehm-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karnehm-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karnehm-1.jpg 644w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karnehm-1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"karnehm\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Stephen-Dale-Karnehm\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Stephen Dale Karnehm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;October 16, 1948 ~ September 27, 1971<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Piqua, OH<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karnehm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karnehm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2931\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#karne-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"karne-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Stephen Dale Karnehm<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CWO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n22 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Oct 16, 1948<br \/>\nFrom PIQUA, OHIO<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jul 08, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 27, 1971 in PHUOC LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 28<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#karne-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"karne-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Sep 71 \u2013 Aircraft # 67-17371, UH-1H. Tragedy struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d on this day. On the return trip from Song Be to Di An a flight of 8 Crusader ships ran into dense IFR weather. Aircraft 67-17371 went inadvertent IFR and crashed into the ground killing all aboard. The crew consisted of:<\/p>\n<p>WO1 Steven D. Karnehm,<br \/>\nCPT John J. Kintaro,<br \/>\nSP4 Luis H. Campos<br \/>\nSGT. Edwin A. Kudlacek.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick1.jpg 625w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick1-300x344.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick-1.jpg 645w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kilpatrick-1-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"kilpatrick\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-Donald-Robert-Kilpatrick\"><\/span><strong>CPT Donald Robert Kilpatrick<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">December 13, 1946 ~ September 2, 1969<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Bethlehem, PA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilpatrick_don.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"129\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilpatrick_don.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kil-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kil-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Donald Robert Kilpatrick<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT \u2013 O2 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n22 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Dec 13, 1946<br \/>\nFrom BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA<br \/>\nLength of service 2 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jan 28, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 02, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 PILOT<br \/>\nAIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 18W \u2013 \u2013 Line 24<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kil-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kil-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n2 Sep 69 \u2013 A sad day for the Crusaders, as we lost one of our best.  CPT Don Kilpatrick, while being checked out as flight lead, received a 51 caliber wound to the head.  He died in route to the hospital.  This occurred just to the west of Nui Ba Den.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro1.jpg 664w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro1-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro1-300x323.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro-1.jpg 652w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kintaro-1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"kintaro\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-John-Julliano-Kintaro\"><\/span><strong>CPT John Julliano Kintaro<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">April 24, 1942 ~ September 27, 1971<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Pacific Islands<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kintaro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kintaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kintaro.jpg 302w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kintaro-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kintaro-300x390.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kin-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kin-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>John Julliano Kintaro<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT \u2013 O3 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n29 year old Married, Malayan, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Apr 24, 1942<br \/>\nFrom PACIFIC ISLANDS<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jul 15, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 27, 1971 in PHUOC LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 28<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kin-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kin-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Sep 71 \u2013 Aircraft # 67-17371, UH-1H. Tragedy struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d on this day. On the return trip from Song Be to Di An a flight of 8 Crusader ships ran into dense IFR weather. Aircraft 67-17371 went inadvertent IFR and crashed into the ground killing all aboard. The crew consisted of:<\/p>\n<p>WO1 Steven D. Karnehm,<br \/>\nCPT John J. Kintaro,<br \/>\nSP4 Luis H. Campos<br \/>\nSGT. Edwin A. Kudlacek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug1.jpg 621w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug1-300x310.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug.jpg 650w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/krug-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10576\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Raymond-Henry-Krug-Jr\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">August 31, 1950 ~ May 14, 1970<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KrugRaymondThen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KrugRaymondThen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10546\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#krug-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"krug-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Raymond Henry Krug Jr.<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n19 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Aug 31, 1950<br \/>\nFrom MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jan 19, 1970<br \/>\nCasualty was on May 14, 1970 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 10W \u2013 \u2013 Line 41<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#krug-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"krug-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n14 May 70 \u2013 A bad day for the \u201cCrusaders\u201d. Aircraft #767 (UH-1H) was on single ship mission in Cambodia. During a storm the ship crashed killing all four of the crew, and three passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in this incident were:<br \/>\nCPT Thomas John Larkin II \u2013 Aircraft Commander<br \/>\nWO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr. \u2013 Pilot<br \/>\nSP4 Kent Childs Taylor \u2013 Gunner<br \/>\nPFC Charles Douglas Blair \u2013 Crew Chief<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day aircraft #857 (UH-1H) experienced an engine failure returning from a PZ and landed near FSB Wood North. No one was injured although the aircraft was damaged. (Pilots: Scudder and ? )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek1.jpg 664w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek1-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek1-300x323.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek-1.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kudlacek-1-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-Edwin-Allen-Kudlacek\"><\/span><strong>SGT Edwin Allen Kudlacek<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">May 19, 1951 ~ September 27, 1971<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Omaha, NE<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kudlacek-kia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kudlacek-kia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10547\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kudlacek-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kudlacek-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Edwin Allen Kudlacek<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Selective Service<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on May 19, 1951<br \/>\nFrom OMAHA, NEBRASKA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jan 09, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 28, 1971 in PHUOC LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNon-Hostile, died of illness\/injury<br \/>\nHELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 29<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#kudlacek-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"kudlacek-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n27 Sep 71 \u2013 Aircraft # 67-17371, UH-1H. Tragedy struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d on this day. On the return trip from Song Be to Di An a flight of 8 Crusader ships ran into dense IFR weather. Aircraft 67-17371 went inadvertent IFR and crashed into the ground killing all aboard. The crew consisted of:<\/p>\n<p>WO1 Steven D. Karnehm,<br \/>\nCPT John J. Kintaro,<br \/>\nSP4 Luis H. Campos<br \/>\nSGT. Edwin A. Kudlacek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin1.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin1-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin1-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/larkin-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10576\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-Thomas-John-Larkin-II\"><\/span><strong>CPT Thomas John Larkin II<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">August 15, 1946 ~ May 14, 1970<br>Hometown:&nbsp;Steubenville, OH<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/larkin_thomas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/larkin_thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3423\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#lark-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"lark-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Thomas John Larkin II<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT \u2013 O3 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n23 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Aug 15, 1946<br \/>\nFrom STEUBENVILLE, OHIO<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Aug 23, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on May 14, 1970 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 10W \u2013 \u2013 Line 41<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#lark-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"lark-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n14 May 70 \u2013 A bad day for the \u201cCrusaders\u201d. Aircraft #767 (UH-1H) was on single ship mission in Cambodia. During a storm the ship crashed killing all four of the crew, and three passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in this incident were:<br \/>\nCPT Thomas John Larkin II \u2013 Aircraft Commander<br \/>\nWO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr. \u2013 Pilot<br \/>\nSP4 Kent Childs Taylor \u2013 Gunner<br \/>\nPFC Charles Douglas Blair \u2013 Crew Chief<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day aircraft #857 (UH-1H) experienced an engine failure returning from a PZ and landed near FSB Wood North. No one was injured although the aircraft was damaged. (Pilots: Scudder and ? )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs1.jpg 621w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs1-300x310.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs-1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lulofs-1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SGT-Dennis-Jay-Lulofs\"><\/span><strong>SGT Dennis Jay Lulofs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">March 25, 1947&nbsp;~ February 16, 1968<br>Hometown:&nbsp;&nbsp;Clarksville, MI<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lulofs-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lulofs-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14245\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lulofs-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lulofs-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#lulofs-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"lulofs-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Dennis Jay Lulofs<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT \u2013 E5 \u2013 Army \u2013 Selective Service<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Mar 25, 1947<br \/>\nFrom CLARKSVILLE, MICHIGAN<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on May 22, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Feb 17, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHostile, died of wounds<br \/>\nGROUND CASUALTY ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 39E \u2013 \u2013 Line 74<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#lulofs-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"lulofs-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n16 Feb 1968 \u2013 Major Russell J. Folta became the commander of the 187th Assault Helicopter Company. The Blackhawks conducted a combat assault mission in an area Five miles north of Saigon. The flight encountered enemy automatic weapons fire and Lieutenant Henry L Wyatt II escaped serious injury when a round penetrated the floor and lodged in a book under his seat entitled \u201cThe Source\u201d. He wrote to the author, James Michener, about the incident. Within a week he received a letter from the author and an autographed copy of the novel. The Tay Ninh Base Camp was hit by an enemy rocket and mortar attack that night. Three helicopters were damaged by flying shrapnel. One crew member Sp4 Dennis J. Lulof was killed and eight other Blackhawks were wounded. The attack continued until 0400 in the morning .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualwall.org\/dm\/MarklandGD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland.jpg 621w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland-300x346.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland1.jpg 653w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/markland1-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Gerald-David-Markland\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Gerald David Markland<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>January&nbsp;06,&nbsp;1948 to December&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1968<\/strong><br>Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/markland_gerald.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/markland_gerald.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3476\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#mark-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"mark-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Gerald David Markland<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Reserve<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jan 06, 1948<br \/>\nFrom ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Oct 01, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Dec 28, 1968 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013<br \/>\nPILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion METHODIST<br \/>\nPanel 36W \u2013 \u2013 Line 83<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#mark-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"mark-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n28 Dec 1968 \u2013 Another sad day for the Crusaders. \u201cSmokey\u201d a UH-1C smoke ship was shot down while on a run putting down a smoke screen so the Command and Control aircraft could land in and take off from the LZ safely. Two of the smoke ship\u2019s crew, SP4 Stephen C. Ponty Jr. and WO1 Gerald David Markland were killed and Aircraft Commander WO Roger Howell, Crusader \u201c25\u201d and Sp5 Marshall were wounded. Another Rat Pack ship was shot down at the same time resulting in the pilot and aircraft commander receiving slight wounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualwall.org\/dm\/MartinVP01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin.jpg 619w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin-300x345.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/martin1-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:342px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Vincent-Patrick-Martin-Jr\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin Jr.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>March&nbsp;05,&nbsp;1948 to November&nbsp;15,&nbsp;1971<\/strong><br>Hometown: Mobile, Alabama<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/martin_71.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/martin_71.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3481\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#martin-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"martin-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Vincent Patrick Martin Jr.<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO \u2013 W1 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n23 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Mar 05, 1948<br \/>\nFrom MOBILE, ALABAMA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jul 20, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 15, 1971<br \/>\nin TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013<br \/>\nPILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 02W \u2013 \u2013 Line 68<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#martin-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"martin-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n15 Nov 71 \u2013 Tragedy again struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d.   The Crusaders were working an eight ship mission in Cambodia. C&#038;C was being flown by Cpt. Skip Davis, (Rat Pack 36).  Two of the slicks were released from the flight to refuel in Tay Ninh. On the way to Tay Ninh, flying in a close staggered right formation, the trail ship with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, Pilot Frank Kanauka, Sp5 Nettleton and PFC Callahan, impacted the main rotors of the lead ship.  Post impact gyrations severed most of the trail ship\u2019s tail boom and tearing the rotor blades completely off the lead ship.<\/p>\n<p>The lead ship crashed killing the entire crew which consisted of:<br \/>\nAircraft Commander \u2013 WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<br \/>\nPilot -WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin, Jr.<br \/>\nSp4 John Andrew Charnaplosky<br \/>\nSp4 Daniel Scanlon Brooker<br \/>\nCaptain Davis was first on the ground and reports all that was left of the lead ship was a two foot high pile of molten metal.<\/p>\n<p>The trail ship, with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, and without a tail boom, managed to hit the ground in a level attitude.  Everyone aboard survived but suffered severe compression fractures from the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Bennet\u2019s (Crusader \u201c94) account of the landing as told to Bill Gray (Crusader \u201c11\u201d) at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was flying straight and level at 1500 feet AGL and the next thing I knew I was looking directly at the ground and heading there rapidly.  I had the cyclic embedded in my stomach to no avail and suddenly at about 100 feet the UH-1H flattened out and we had a very hard landing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gray comments, \u201cMy observation is that this had to be divine intervention because a UH-1H will not flatten out with no tail boom and this bird had no tail boom.  I saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>23 Nov 71 \u2013 Aircraft\u2019s #577, 832 and 534 received small arms hits while lifting troops from a PZ at vic. XT625301.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualwall.org\/dp\/PontySC01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty-1.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty-1-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty-1-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ponty1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Stephen-Chester-Ponty-Jr\"><\/span><strong>SP4 Stephen Chester Ponty<\/strong> Jr.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>May&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1949 to December&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1968<\/strong><br>Hometown: Monmouth Junction, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ponty.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ponty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10549\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ponty.jpg 253w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ponty-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#ponty-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"ponty-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Stephen Chester Ponty Jr.<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 \u2013 E4 \u2013 Army \u2013 Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on May 28, 1949<br \/>\nFrom MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 08, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Dec 28, 1968 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER \u2013 CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 36W \u2013 \u2013 Line 86<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#ponty-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"ponty-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n28 Dec 1968 \u2013 Another sad day for the Crusaders. \u201cSmokey\u201d a UH-1C smoke ship was shot down while on a run putting down a smoke screen so the Command and Control aircraft could land in and take off from the LZ safely. Two of the smoke ship\u2019s crew, SP4 Stephen C. Ponty Jr. and WO1 Gerald David Markland were killed and Aircraft Commander WO Roger Howell, Crusader \u201c25\u201d and Sp5 Marshall were wounded. Another Rat Pack ship was shot down at the same time resulting in the pilot and aircraft commander receiving slight wounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dp\/PorterMG01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter1-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter1-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/porter-1-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Michael-Grant-Porter\"><\/span><strong>SP4&nbsp;Michael Grant Porter<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>August 26, 1947 toApril 13, 1969<\/strong><br>Hometown: <span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Anaheim, CA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/porter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/porter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10550\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/porter.jpg 267w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/porter-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#porter-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"porter-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Michael Grant Porter<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n21 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Aug 26, 1947<br \/>\nFrom ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jan 10, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 14, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHostile, died of wounds GROUND CASUALTY ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 27W &#8211; &#8211; Line 83<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#porter-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"porter-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n13 Apr 69 \u2013 Indirect fire attacks are all too frequent in Tay Ninh. This particular one found its mark in hootch number six, killing SP4 Michael G. Porter and SP4 Ricardo I. Romero.  It also wounded five others. A sad day for the Crusaders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dp\/PressonBT01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson-300x415.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson1.jpg 648w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/presson1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-Billie-Taylor-Presson\"><\/span><strong>CPT Billie Taylor Presson<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>May 2, 1939 to September 20, 1967<\/strong><br>Hometown: Paducah, KY<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pressonsm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pressonsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3942\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#press-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"press-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Billie Taylor Presson<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT &#8211; O3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n28 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on May 02, 1939<br \/>\nFrom PADUCAH, KENTUCKY<br \/>\nLength of service 4 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Apr 10, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Sep 20, 1967 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, OTHER CAUSES<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion BAPTIST<br \/>\nPanel 26E &#8211; &#8211; Line 97<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#press-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"press-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n20 Sep 1967 \u2013 Captain Billie Presson a flight platoon leader of the 187th was killed during the last extraction from what appeared to be a secure PZ. He had led the Blackhawk flight through out the day conducting Eagle Flights for the 25th Infantry Division in the Hobo woods. Four ships were hit by enemy ground fire throughout the mission but continued to fly. Captain Pressen died from a bullet wound in the head while sitting in the PZ as the troops loaded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dp\/PuffTJ01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff.jpg 620w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff-300x313.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/puff1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Thomas-Joe-Puff\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Feburary 23, 1951 to November 15, 1971<br>Hometown: Garden Grove, CA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/puff_thomas_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/puff_thomas_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3944\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#puff-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"puff-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Thomas Joe Puff<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO &#8211; W1 &#8211; Army &#8211; Reserve<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 23, 1951<br \/>\nFrom RAPID CITY, DOUTH DAKOTA<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Jun 10, 1971<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 15, 1971 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PRESBYTERIAN<br \/>\nPanel 02W &#8211; &#8211; Line 68<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#puff-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"puff-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n15 Nov 71 \u2013 Tragedy again struck the \u201cHoly Land\u201d.   The Crusaders were working an eight ship mission in Cambodia. C&#038;C was being flown by Cpt. Skip Davis, (Rat Pack 36).  Two of the slicks were released from the flight to refuel in Tay Ninh. On the way to Tay Ninh, flying in a close staggered right formation, the trail ship with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, Pilot Frank Kanauka, Sp5 Nettleton and PFC Callahan, impacted the main rotors of the lead ship.  Post impact gyrations severed most of the trail ship\u2019s tail boom and tearing the rotor blades completely off the lead ship.<\/p>\n<p>The lead ship crashed killing the entire crew which consisted of:<br \/>\nAircraft Commander \u2013 WO1 Thomas Joe Puff<br \/>\nPilot -WO1 Vincent Patrick Martin, Jr.<br \/>\nSp4 John Andrew Charnaplosky<br \/>\nSp4 Daniel Scanlon Brooker<br \/>\nCaptain Davis was first on the ground and reports all that was left of the lead ship was a two foot high pile of molten metal.<\/p>\n<p>The trail ship, with Aircraft Commander Ken Bennet, and without a tail boom, managed to hit the ground in a level attitude.  Everyone aboard survived but suffered severe compression fractures from the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Bennet\u2019s (Crusader \u201c94) account of the landing as told to Bill Gray (Crusader \u201c11\u201d) at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was flying straight and level at 1500 feet AGL and the next thing I knew I was looking directly at the ground and heading there rapidly.  I had the cyclic embedded in my stomach to no avail and suddenly at about 100 feet the UH-1H flattened out and we had a very hard landing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gray comments, \u201cMy observation is that this had to be divine intervention because a UH-1H will not flatten out with no tail boom and this bird had no tail boom.  I saw it.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dr\/RitzauAK01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau.jpg 617w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau1.jpg 649w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ritzau1-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ILT-August-Karl-Ritzau\"><\/span><strong>ILT August Karl Ritzau<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">July 23, 1945 to November 27, 1968<br>Hometown: Clackamas, OR<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ritzau.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ritzau.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3995\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rit-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rit-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>August Karl Ritzau<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1LT &#8211; O2 &#8211; Army &#8211; Reserve<br \/>\n23 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jul 23, 1945<br \/>\nFrom CLACKAMAS, OREGON<br \/>\nLength of service 3 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Aug 27, 1968<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 27, 1968<br \/>\nin TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion  PROTESTANT<br \/>\nPanel 38W &#8211; &#8211; Line 78<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rit-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rit-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>27 November 1968<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The day before Thanksgiving started out bad for the Crusaders and ended the same way. On one of the first insertions the enemy were waiting in the LZ for the flight to come in. They opened up with heavy small arms and anti-aircraft fire while the flight was on short final. The trail ship was hit by an RPG and went down in flames killing one crewmember and seriously wounding the rest of the crew. The ship that came back in to pick up the downed crew received so many hits that it too went down about one mile out of the LZ. No one was injured in this forced landing. Total casualties for the one LZ were one KIA, and 10 WIA\u2019s. Out of the flight of 10 ships only one or two escaped without taking hits. Two ships had too many hits to even try and count them.<br \/>\nAlthough hit hard, the Crusaders lived up to their reputation and continued to fly support for the ground unit until late that night when the second tragedy struck.<br \/>\nThe Crusader flare ship, UH-1H #65-09620 went down in flames killing all five people on board. When the flight finally came home, there were only five ships left in it.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in action this day were:<br \/>\nSP4 James Gregory Brady<br \/>\nSGT Jerome Dee Chandler<br \/>\nSP5 David DeWitt Creel<br \/>\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman<br \/>\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer<br \/>\n1LT August Karl Ritzau<\/p>\n<p>Battle Reports \u2013 Thanksgiving 1968<\/p>\n<p>28 Nov 1968 \u2013 Thanksgiving Day was celebrated with the traditional dinner but hearts mourned the loss of friends and fellow Crusaders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dr\/RobesonEE01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rofbeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rofbeson.jpg 621w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rofbeson-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rofbeson-300x350.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/robeson1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/robeson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/robeson1.jpg 652w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/robeson1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MAJ-Evert-Eugene-Robeson\"><\/span><strong>MAJ Evert Eugene Robeson<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Feburary 3, 1932 to November 22, 1967<\/strong><br>Hometown: Rapid City, SD<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Robeson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4001\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rob-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rob-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Evart Eugene Robeson<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>MAJ &#8211; O4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Reserve<br \/>\n35 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 3, 1932<br \/>\nFrom RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA<br \/>\nLength of service 8 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Sep 27, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 11, 1967 SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHostile, died of wounds<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion: LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)<br \/>\nPanel 30E &#8211; &#8211; Line -086<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rob-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rob-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>27 November 1967<\/b><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>While engaged in a company sized operation north of Dau Tieng, aircraft 66-00925 was hit by small arms fire. Pilot MAJ Evart Eugene Robeson suffered a severe leg wound and the crew evacuated him immediately to medical facilities in Dau Tieng. He subsequently succumbed to shock two days later.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The 187th was engaged in a company size combat operation north of Dau Tieng on 22 NOV 67 (my birthday, it so happens).  Major Robeson was flying as co-pilot on A.C. 66-00925.  I don\u2019t recall the exact details, but CPT Ron Cody was the Aircraft Commander.  The flight received some small arms fire, and Ron radioed that his co-pilot had been hit, and he was proceeding to Dau Tieng.  <\/p>\n<p>MAJ R later told us that the two crewmen pulled him out of his seat and worked to control his bleeding while Ron flew as fast as the ship would go, direct to the dustoff pad, having notified Dau Tieng of the emergency.  The arteries in his right knee were severed and bleeding was severe \u2013 the medical personnel at Dau Tieng said that he would have bled to death in minutes except for the crew\u2019s response.  <\/p>\n<p>This was not all that different than many other incidents the 187th experienced, but the strange part is what happened later. My co-pilot and I (I believe it was Kirk Nivens, but would have to verify with him) visited him in the Cu Chi hospital with on 25 Nov, along with another Blackhawk crew.  Apparently the other crew was that of the C.O., Maj Burns, based on another\u2019s account. Major R was medically stabilized with his right leg encased in a plastic bag of sorts.  He smiled broadly when we teased him about going home early, and when we left he seemed in good spirits.  It seems that shortly after we left he was told that he would lose the leg at the knee. He went into shock and died suddenly.<br \/>\nEric Mercer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dr\/RomeroRI01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero-300x413.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/romero1-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Ricardo-Ibrahin-Romero\"><\/span>SP4 Ricardo Ibrahin Romero<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>January&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1948 to April&nbsp;13,&nbsp;1969<\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Jersey City, NJ<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/romero_sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/romero_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4017\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rom-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rom-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Ricardo Ibrahin Romero<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n21 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jan 28, 1948<br \/>\nFrom JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Feb 25, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 13, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 27W &#8211; &#8211; Line 73<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#rom-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"rom-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>13 April 1969<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Indirect fire attacks are all too frequent in Tay Ninh. This particular one found its mark in hootch number six, killing SP4 Michael G. Porter and SP4 Ricardo I. Romero.  It also wounded five others. A sad day for the Crusaders.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/ds\/SauerCE01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer-300x312.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sauer1-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"-MAJ-Charles-Edward-Sauer\"><\/span>&nbsp;MAJ&nbsp;Charles Edward Sauer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong>August&nbsp;10,&nbsp;1935 to July&nbsp;07,&nbsp;1967<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Fairfield, CT<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sauer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sauer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4067\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sau-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sau-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Charles Edward Sauer<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>MAJ &#8211; O4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n31 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Aug 10, 1935<br \/>\nFrom FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT<br \/>\nLength of service 8 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Feb 24, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Jul 07, 1967 SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNon-Hostile, died missing<br \/>\nHELICOPTER &#8211; NONCREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\nPanel 23E &#8211; &#8211; Line 31<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sau-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sau-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>7 July 1967<\/b><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A UH-1D helicopter flown by Major Charles E. Sauer and Captain Thomas A. Derosier was reported missing Crews were scrambled immediately upon report of the missing Blackhawks, The aircraft was found in the vicinity of Minh Thanh and it had crashed and burned beyond recognition. No one knows the cause of the mysterious tragedy which took the lives of the four crew members aboard. Major Sauer, Captain Derosier, PFC Tatum and PFC Simon were the first members of the 187th Assault helicopter Company to die in the Republic of Vietnam.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/ds\/ScrutonKC01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton-1.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton-1-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton-1-300x312.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton1.jpg 652w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/scruton1-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"-SGT-Kenneth-Charles-Scruton\"><\/span>&nbsp;SGT&nbsp;Kenneth Charles Scruton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>March&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1942 to January&nbsp;05,&nbsp;1968<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Mineola, NY<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scruton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scruton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7761\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scruton.jpg 256w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scruton-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#scr-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"scr-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Kenneth Charles Scruton<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SGT &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Mar 28, 1942<br \/>\nFrom MINEOLA, NEW YORK<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Aug 09, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Jan 05, 1968 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHostile, died while missing<br \/>\nHELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan33e.htm#L050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 33E, Line 53<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#scr-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"scr-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>5 January 1968<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks became involved in a fierce battle with a large NVA force while on short final to an LZ, thirty five mikes northwest of Tay Ninh. Two helicopters were shot down by the heavy enemy automatic weapons fire. One crew member, SP5 Kenneth Scruton was killed. The three remaining crew, Warrant Officer Mercer, Warrant Officer Jordan and SP4 Seitz were down in an enemy infested area for two hours before they were rescued. The only weapon among them was one .45 caliber pistol. The Blackhawks continued the combat assault missions into the hostile area and later that afternoon, they returned for extractions. Again they received heavy enemy resistance. The flight was mortared while shut down at a nearby fire support base. Throughout the day, ten crew members were wounded and eleven aircraft sustained damage from the ballistic assault.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/ds\/SiddonsJG01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons.jpg 619w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons1.jpg 654w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/siddons1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CPT-James-Garland-Siddons\"><\/span><strong>CPT James Garland Siddons<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>February&nbsp;13,&nbsp;1945 to February&nbsp;12,&nbsp;1971<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Chicago, IL<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/siddons_jim_old.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/siddons_jim_old.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4101\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sid-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sid-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>James Garland Siddons<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CAPT &#8211; O3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 13, 1945<br \/>\nFrom CHICAGO, ILLINOIS<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Aug 26, 1970<br \/>\nCasualty was on Feb 12, 1971 in CAMBODIA<br \/>\nHOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY<br \/>\nMISADVENTURE<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion PROTESTANT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan05w.htm#L100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 05W &#8211; &#8211; Line 100<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sid-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sid-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>12 Feburary 1971<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Aircraft #297 (AH-1G) lost its tail rotor while on a special mission in Cambodia and the pilot AC\/ 1LT. Rodney Woods performed a near perfect autorotation.  The only damage to the aircraft was a broken left skid.  After the aircraft came to rest very near to the enemy positions, the front seat pilot\/gunner (Cpt. James Garland Siddons) jumped from the aircraft and ran for the C&#038;C ship.  Cpt. Siddons was struck by the rotor blade and killed instantly.  The crew chief of the C&#038;C ship (SP5 William John Johnson) in an effort to retrieve the body of Cpt. Siddons was also hit by the still spinning rotor blade and was also killed. The downed Cobra was later recovered.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>From Official Report: Siddons, James Garland.  Class 70-14,   Cause: Ground Casualty.  How Died: Shot down.  Received ground fire after autorotation.  Siddons ran upslope to suppress enemy fire with pistol, hit by rotor blade.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/ds\/SimonPJ02a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon.jpg 616w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon-300x345.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon1.jpg 653w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/simmon1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PFC-Paul-Joseph-Simon\"><\/span><strong>PFC Paul Joseph Simon<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>December&nbsp;26,&nbsp;1946 to July&nbsp;07,&nbsp;1967<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Abbeville, LA<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/simonpaul_sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/simonpaul_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4106\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sim-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sim-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Paul Joseph Simmon<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>PFC &#8211; E3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Negro, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Dec 26, 1946<br \/>\nFrom ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 07, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Jul 07, 1967 SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNon-Hostile, died missing<br \/>\nHELICOPTER &#8211; NON-CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan23e.htm#L030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 23E &#8211; &#8211; Line 31<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#sim-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"sim-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>7 July 1967<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A UH-1D helicopter flown by Major Charles E. Sauer and Captain Thomas A. Derosier was reported missing Crews were scrambled immediately upon report of the missing Blackhawks, The aircraft was found in the vicinity of Minh Thanh and it had crashed and burned beyond recognition. No one knows the cause of the mysterious tragedy which took the lives of the four crew members aboard. Major Sauer, Captain Derosier, PFC Tatum and PFC Simon were the first members of the 187th Assault helicopter Company to die in the Republic of Vietnam.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dt\/TatumIA01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum1.jpg 605w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum1-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum1-300x319.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum-1.jpg 646w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tatum-1-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"-CPL-Ivra-Allen-Tatum\"><\/span>&nbsp;CPL&nbsp;&nbsp;Ivra Allen Tatum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>October&nbsp;20,&nbsp;1944 to July&nbsp;07,&nbsp;1967<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Stephensville, AR<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tatum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tatum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7762\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tat-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tat-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Ivra Allen Tatum<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>CPL &#8211; E3 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n22 year old Single, Negro, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Oct 20, 1944<br \/>\nFrom STEPHENS, ARKANSAS<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 26, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Jul 07, 1967 in SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNon-Hostile, died missing<br \/>\nHELICOPTER &#8211; NON-CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion METHODIST<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan23e.htm#L030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 23E &#8211; &#8211; Line 32<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tat-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tat-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>7 July 1967<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A UH-1D helicopter flown by Major Charles E. Sauer and Captain Thomas A. Derosier was reported missing Crews were scrambled immediately upon report of the missing Blackhawks, The aircraft was found in the vicinity of Minh Thanh and it had crashed and burned beyond recognition. No one knows the cause of the mysterious tragedy which took the lives of the four crew members aboard. Major Sauer, Captain Derosier, PFC Tatum and PFC Simon were the first members of the 187th Assault helicopter Company to die in the Republic of Vietnam.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dt\/TaylorKC02a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor.jpg 615w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor-300x350.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/taylor1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"-SP4-Kent-Childs-Taylor\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert;\"><strong>SP4&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><strong>Kent Childs Taylor<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>July&nbsp;18,&nbsp;1949 to May&nbsp;14,&nbsp;1970<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Orem, UT<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Taylor_kentsm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Taylor_kentsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4189\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tay-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tay-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Kent Childs Taylor<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Selective Service<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Married, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Jul 18, 1949<br \/>\nFrom OREM, UTAH<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Sep 27, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on May 14, 1970 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion LATTER DAY SAINTS, MORMON<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan10w.htm#L040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 10W &#8211; &#8211; Line 44<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tay-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tay-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>14 May 1970<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A bad day for the \u201cCrusaders\u201d. Aircraft #767 (UH-1H) was on single ship mission in Cambodia. During a storm the ship crashed killing all four of the crew, and three passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Killed in this incident were:<br \/>\nCPT Thomas John Larkin II \u2013 Aircraft Commander<br \/>\nWO1 Raymond Henry Krug Jr. \u2013 Pilot<br \/>\nSP4 Kent Childs Taylor \u2013 Gunner<br \/>\nPFC Charles Douglas Blair \u2013 Crew Chief<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day aircraft #857 (UH-1H) experienced an engine failure returning from a PZ and landed near FSB Wood North. No one was injured although the aircraft was damaged. (Pilots: Scudder and ? )<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dt\/TharpHA01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp1.jpg 661w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tharp1-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP5-Harold-Allen-Tharp-Jr\"><\/span><strong>SP5&nbsp;Harold Allen Tharp Jr.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>February&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1943 to April&nbsp;12,&nbsp;1968<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Alamogordo, NM<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tharp_alan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tharp_alan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4199\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tha-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tha-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Harold Allen Tharp Jr<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP5 &#8211; E5 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n25 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Feb 23, 1943<br \/>\nFrom ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO<br \/>\nLength of service 2 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 08, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Apr 12, 1968 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion METHODIST<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan49e.htm#L030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 49E &#8211; &#8211; Line 37<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Specialist Five (SP5) Harold Allen Tharp Jr., born on February 23, 1943, in Freeport, Texas, served as a helicopter crew chief with the 187th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War. He was killed in action on April 12, 1968, when his UH-1C helicopter was shot down in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/56989711\/harold-allen-tharp?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FIND A GRAVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SP5 Tharp&#8217;s commendations include:<\/p>\n<p>~ Distinguished Flying Cross<br \/>\n~ Purple Heart<br \/>\n~ Air Medal (awarded multiple times; one source mentions 42 Air Medals)<br \/>\n~ National Defense Service Medal<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Campaign Medal<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Service Medal <\/p>\n<p>He is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Panel 49E, Line 37.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#tha-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"tha-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>12 April 1968<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A sad day for the Crusaders. While flying support for 3rd BDE. 25th Inf. Div., a Rat Pack gun ship received 6 to 7 .51 cal hits to the rear of the engine compartment. The ship went down and resulting in 3 KIA\u2019s and 1 WIA.<br \/>\nA\/C \u2013 WO1 Stephen John Eckle \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nPilot \u2013 WO1 John Francis Fitzgerald \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nCrew Chief \u2013 SP5 Harold Allen Tharp Jr. \u2013 KIA<br \/>\nDoor Gunner \u2013 John L. Wilcox \u2013 WIA<br \/>\nThe Area of operation was North East of Dau Tieng at the Northern tip of the Michelin Rubber Plantation. The flight flew 351 sorties, carried 695 passengers and logged a total of 89.6 hours.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dw\/WilcoxCC01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox.jpg 612w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox-300x350.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox1.jpg 656w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wilcox1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aviator_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WO1-Charles-Chester-Wilcox\"><\/span><strong>WO1 Charles Chester Wilcox<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>December&nbsp;04,&nbsp;1945 to December&nbsp;07,&nbsp;1967<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Buffalo, NY<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wilcox-lost.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wilcox-lost.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7763\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wilcox-lost.jpg 375w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wilcox-lost-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wilcox-lost-300x396.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#wil-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"wil-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Charles Chester Wilcox<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>WO &#8211; W1 &#8211; Army &#8211; Reserve<br \/>\n22 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Dec 04, 1945<br \/>\nFrom BUFFALO, NEW YORK<br \/>\nLength of service 1 year.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Mar 19, 1967<br \/>\nCasualty was on Dec 07, 1967 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nHostile, died while missing<br \/>\nGROUND CASUALTY &#8211; GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion ROMAN CATHOLIC<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan31e.htm#L060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 31E &#8211; &#8211; Line 61<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Warrant Officer 1 (WO1) Charles Chester Wilcox, born on December 4, 1945, in Buffalo, New York, served as a helicopter pilot with the 190th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War. Tragically, he was killed in action on December 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam. <\/p>\n<p>WO1 Wilcox&#8217;s commendations include:<\/p>\n<p>~ Silver Star<br \/>\n~ Distinguished Flying Cross<br \/>\n~ Purple Heart<br \/>\n~ Air Medal<br \/>\n~ National Defense Service Medal<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Service Medal<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Campaign Medal<\/p>\n<p>He is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Panel 31E, Line 61. <\/p>\n<p>WO1 Wilcox&#8217;s bravery and sacrifice are remembered by his comrades and the nation.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#wil-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"wil-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>7 December 1967<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On this day, W01 Charles Chester Wilcox was assigned to another unit (190th AHC) to provide training. WO1 Wilcox was reported as KIA. Official report states: WO1 Charles Chester Wilcox died of a gun shot to the head while inserting ARVN troops to a hot LZ near Phu Loi. UH-1D.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dy\/YoungLA01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young.jpg 618w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young-300x347.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-tw-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young1.jpg 651w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young1-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crew_roster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"jordan\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SP4-Laurence-Atwood-Young\"><\/span><strong>SP4 Laurence Atwood Young<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>October&nbsp;15,&nbsp;1949 to November&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1969<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Hometown: Maimi, FL<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-tw-shadow is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/young_lawerence_69.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/young_lawerence_69.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4345\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:175px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#you-bio\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"> <center>Click for Biographical Information<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"you-bio\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>Laurence Atwood Young<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>SP4 &#8211; E4 &#8211; Army &#8211; Regular<br \/>\n1st AVN BDE<br \/>\n20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male<br \/>\nBorn on Oct 15, 1949<br \/>\nFrom MIAMI, FLORIDA<br \/>\nLength of service 2 years.<br \/>\nHis tour of duty began on Sep 30, 1969<br \/>\nCasualty was on Nov 24, 1969 in TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM<br \/>\nNON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER &#8211; CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND<br \/>\nBody was recovered<br \/>\nReligion EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/iPanels\/ipan16w.htm#L110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Panel 16W &#8211; &#8211; Line 116<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Specialist Four (SP4) Laurence Atwood Young, born on October 15, 1949, in Miami, Florida, served as a gunner with the 187th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War. Tragically, he was killed in a non-hostile air crash on November 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam. <\/p>\n<p>SP4 Young&#8217;s commendations include:<\/p>\n<p>~ Air Medal: Awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight<br \/>\n~ Army Commendation Medal: Awarded for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service<br \/>\n~ National Defense Service Medal: Awarded for honorable active duty service during a designated time period of conflict<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Service Medal: Awarded for service in Vietnam<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Campaign Medal: Awarded by the Republic of Vietnam for service during the Vietnam War<br \/>\n~ Army Presidential Unit Citation: Awarded to units for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy<br \/>\n~ Vietnam Gallantry Cross: Awarded by the Republic of Vietnam for valorous conduct in combat<\/p>\n<p>He is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Panel 16W, Line 116. <\/p>\n<p>SP4 Young&#8217;s dedication and sacrifice are remembered by his comrades and the nation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"#you-incident\" data-mfp-type=\"inline\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><center>Click for Incident Report<\/center><\/span>\n<div class=\"su-lightbox-content su-u-trim \" id=\"you-incident\" style=\"display:none;width:auto;min-width:none;max-width:600px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;padding:40px;background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;box-shadow:0px 0px 15px #333333;text-align:left\">\n<center><b>24 November 1969<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While on a DCS mission near Ben Cao, aircraft UH-1H # 68-15564 crashed into the river. SP4 James Randall Jones Jr. (Crewchief) and SP4 Laurence Atwood Young (Gunner) were killed in the accident.   Warrant Officer Ronald R. Heier, the aircraft commander, escaped with minor cuts and lacerations, as did the two passengers.  The co-pilot CW2 Howard Brisbane Comer, died and the body was subsequently recovered and identified in 2001.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Corrected information from Jeff Thomason, Lt. Col, US Army (Retired)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the aviation safety officer and the S3 of the 269th Aviation Battalion<br \/>\nfrom Oct 69 \u2013 May 70. (Parent battalion of the 187th at that time)<\/p>\n<p>Re: your entry 24 Nov 69 AC UH-1H 68-15564. I investigated the accident.<br \/>\nWarrant Officer Ronald Heir was the only survivor, the rest of the crew and<br \/>\nall passengers were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addendum: In contradiction to the above information.<br \/>\nThe two E7 passengers did indeed survive as they are not listed on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>E7 J Picht, Passenger \u2013 survived<br \/>\nE7 G Fredette, Passenger \u2013 survived<br \/>\nTheir  names are listed on the virtual wall page incident report as survivor list as originally stated.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#C69C6D\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-double\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#f82c2c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Veterans-KIA-After-187th-AHC-Service\"><\/span>Veterans KIA After 187th AHC Service<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>NAME<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>KIA DATE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>UNIT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualwall.org\/da\/AdamsJD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LT Jerry Dean Adams<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Franklin, Indiana<br>January&nbsp;05,&nbsp;1945 to February&nbsp;18,&nbsp;1968<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">February 18, 1968<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C&nbsp;TRP, 3RD&nbsp;SQDN, 17TH&nbsp;CAVALRY, 1ST&nbsp;AVIATION&nbsp;BDE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dc\/CaseyMD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CPT Michael D. Casey<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dj\/JesseWC01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sallisaw, OK<br>June&nbsp;18,&nbsp;1946 to January&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1970<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>January 23, 1970<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HHT, 7TH SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dj\/JesseWC01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CWO William C. Jesse<\/strong>,<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Lawton, OK<br>September 29, 1945 to May 02, 1972<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>May 2, 1972<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F&nbsp;TRP, 4TH&nbsp;CAVALRY, 1ST&nbsp;AVIATION&nbsp;BDE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dm\/MobleyWH01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CWO Warren H. Mobley<\/strong>,<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tampa, FL<br>May&nbsp;03,&nbsp;1937 to November&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1970<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>November 24, 1970<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">156TH AVN CO (ASA), 224TH ASA AVN BN, 509TH ASA GROUP, ARMY SEC AGENCY<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dm\/MorganCV01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SP4 Charles V. Morgan<\/strong><\/a>,<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Warsaw, KY<br>November 8, 1944 to May 02, 1972<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>May 2, 1972<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F&nbsp;TRP, 4TH&nbsp;CAVALRY, 1ST&nbsp;AVIATION&nbsp;BDE,<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dp\/PetrillaJJ01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WO John Joseph Petrilla Jr<\/strong><\/a>,<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Philadelphia, PA<br>October&nbsp;25,&nbsp;1949 to May&nbsp;02,&nbsp;1972<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>May 2, 1972<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F&nbsp;TRP, 4TH&nbsp;CAVALRY, 1ST&nbsp;AVIATION&nbsp;BDE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/dp\/PorterfieldDK01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SP4 Dale K. Porterfield<\/strong><\/a>,<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Los Angeles, CA<br>August&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1952 to May&nbsp;02,&nbsp;1972<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>May 2, 1972<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F&nbsp;TRP, 4TH&nbsp;CAVALRY, 1ST&nbsp;AVIATION&nbsp;BDE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualwall.org\/ds\/SappWD01a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CWO William D. 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