Russell Frank Mc Laughlin
Private First Class
C CO, 227TH ASLT HELO BN, 11TH AVN GROUP, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Wheeling, West Virginia
January 25, 1947 to November 14, 1967
RUSSELL F McLAUGHLIN is on the Wall at Panel 29E, Line 97

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Russell F Mc Laughlin
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31 Mar 2001

REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS

Photo courtesy of his sister, Joyce Knouse.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall Note

1st Bn, 35th Infantry was operating around LZ Baldy near Hoi An, Quang Nam Province. Contact with elements of the 2nd NVA Division was constant and sharp. On November 14, the battalion command group (CO, S-3, and LNO's) made an early morning liftoff in the C&C helicopter to check in with "A" Company, located about 15 kilometers SW of Baldy. After heavy contact the day before, things were quiet on the ground but when the command helicopter showed up a 12.7mm machine gun took it under intense fire and brought it down. "A" Company troopers rushed to the scene but there were no survivors.

The C&C helicopter was from C Company, 227th AHB, 1st Cav Division (UH-1D, hull number 66-01006). The following men died in the crash:

  • From C Company, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion:
    • WO1 Frank A Murrietta, pilot
    • WO Stephen H Thornton, copilot
    • SP5 Paul E Johnson, crew chief and gunner
    • PFC Russell F McLaughlin, gunner

  • From 1st Bn, 35th Infantry:

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