A Note from The Virtual Wall
Fifteen men died when CH-47C tail number 69-17119 was shot down by a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile on on 31 Oct 1972:
- 18th Avn Co (Corps), 164th Avn Grp:
- CPT Steven D. Howard, El Dorado, KS, pilot;
- CWO Ronald L. Vanlandingham, San Antonio, TX, copilot;
- SP5 David E. Wischemann, Kahului, HI, flight engineer
- SP4 Timothy A. Thomas, Lafayette, CA, gunner
- SP4 Richard B. Freeman, Redondo Beach, CA, crew chief
- SP4 Louis O. Calderon, Los Angeles, CA, passenger
- SP4 Raymond L. Goodchild, Fenton, MI, passenger
- 527th Pers Svc Co:
- SSG Charles A. McSwiney, Panama City, FL
- HQ, Delta Regional Assist Command:
- MAJ Dennis W. Finnegan, New York, NY
- 1LT Kenneth J. Spencer, Rochester, MI
- C Troop, 16th Cavalry:
- SP4 James D. Brown, San Angelo, TX
- SP4 Roger R. Chambliss, Birmingham, MI
- SP4 Milton C. Hunter, Opelika, AL
- SP4 Charles L. Stewart, Gladstone, MI
- SP4 Delbert R. Wood, Phoenix, AZ
C Troop, 16th Cavalry, was an air cavalry troop assigned to the 164th Aviation Group.
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