Herschel Lee Epps, Jr

The database page for Herschel Lee Epps, Jr

13 Dec 2004 Photo courtesy of his daughter, Marla Epps REMEMBERED by his comrades in the 5th Infantry

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 17 Jan 1967 a UH-1H Huey (tail number 64-13726, 118th AHC) was returning from a resupply trip to the 1/5 Infantry battalion forward base to the main camp at Cu Chi when it crashed. The aircraft lost its main rotor, which then impacted and chopped up the tail boom; the UH-1 crashed and burned. While the possibility that the aircraft had been hit by enemy fire could not be absolutely ruled out, the accident board concluded that the probable cause was mechanical failure. Four crewmen and four passengers were killed in the crash: Aircrew: CPT Richard B. Brockman, Columbia, SC, pilot, A Co, 9th Avn Bn CPT Edgar J. Saffle, Los Angeles, CA, pilot, 118th AHC SP4 James A. Harden, Aberdeen, crew chief, WA, 118th AHC SP4 Anthony P. Magistro, New York, NY, gunner, 118th AHC Passengers: SP4 Herbert H. Crowder, Pulaski, VA, HHC 1/5 PFC Herschel L. Epps, Alton, IL, HHC 1/5 PFC Larry G. Gray, Milan, MI, HHC 1/5 PFC Frank J. Krebs, Mount Clemens, MI, A/1/5

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a fellow Bobcat, Randy Kethcart randy@bobcat.ws  13 Dec 2004

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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