Richard Sharon Pohl

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"He died so that others may be free." "POHL BRIDGE" "In memory of Colonel Richard S Pohl Division Artillery 101st Airborne Div Killed 24 June 1968 At Fire Support Base Bastogne He Died So That Others May Be Free" I took this photo of a commemorative stone that marked a bridge over the Perfume River. Although I did not know him, I would love to get in touch with Colonel Pohl's family or his comrades who placed this memorial stone to send them a photo and tell them more about the stone. Steven Boswell swboswell@erols.com

A note from The Virtual Wall Three men were killed, and three survived, in the crash of a UH-1D (tail number 66-16477) assigned to HHC 101st Aviation Battalion. The aircraft had just lifted off when it suffered an engine failure at approximately 100 feet. The pilot attempted to autorotate to a safe landing but impacted trees, crashed, and burned. The six men aboard were CPT R L Baker, pilot, HHC 101 Avn Bn (survived) WO R J Kusterman, copilot, HHC 101 Avn Bn (survived) SP4 L L Pfefferm, crew chief, HHC 101 Avn Bn (survived) SP5 W E Bader, gunner, HHC 101 Avn Bn (died) COL R S Pohl, HHB Div Arty, 101 Abn Div (died) SMAJ L J Browning, HHB Div Arty, 101 Abn Div (died)

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