David Alan Kreitzer
Chief Warrant Officer
54TH AVN CO, 222ND AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Laconia, New Hampshire
April 20, 1946 to December 02, 1967
(Incident Date November 22, 1967)
DAVID A KREITZER is on the Wall at Panel 31E, Line 24

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13 Jul 1999

REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS

by a friend,
Alan Rich
180 Fournier Rd., Lunenburg, VT 05906
jwire@earthlink.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The pilot, crew chief, and five passengers were killed when a U-1A OTTER (tail number 57-6119) of the 54th Aviation Company crashed during take-off from Long Binh on 22 Nov 1967:
  • 54th Avn Co aircrew:
    • CWO David A. Kreitzer, Laconia, NH
    • SP4 Thomas B. Allen, Greenville, MS

  • HHC, 222nd Avn Bn:
    • PFC David L. Tasker, Encino, CA (arrived SVN 11/21/67)

  • In transit from the 90th Replacement Battalion:
    • PVT Sheldon D. Bowler, Murray, UT (arrived SVN 11/15/67)
    • PFC Marshall F. Freng, Elkton, MD (arrived SVN 11/21/67)
    • PFC Steven P. Morse, Bridgeton, MO (arrived SVN 11/15/67)
    • PVT Allyson Y. Sasaki, Honolulu, HI (arrived SVN 11/22/67)
Two men survived the crash itself, but died of injuries received - PFC Tasker on 26 November and Warrant Officer Kreitzer on 02 Dec 1967.

It was especially sad that none of the newly-arrived soldiers had been in Vietnam more than a week, and one - PVT Sasaki - died the very day he arrived in South Vietnam.


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