Robert Lanoue Baldwin

The database page for Robert Lanoue Baldwin

On 31 March 1967, a UH-1F Huey (tail number 65-07932) of the 20th Special Operations Squadron was tasked for an ammunition resupply mission for a Special Operations reconnaissance team. While in a low hover, delivering the munitions via hoist, the helicopter was hit by 12.7 mm rounds. Major Baldwin, then commanding "E" Flight, was killed and the copilot was wounded by the gunfire. The Huey crashed, but the surviving crewmen escaped further injury and were rescued by the SOG team. From the VHPA database. Major Baldwin was the first fatality for the Green Hornets. He had previously served with the 606th ACS in Thailand on a TDY basis and was considered a very good Huey pilot. Robert Lanoue Baldwin was buried on 07 April 1967 in Plot I-24, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego County, California, among other men of courage and integrity.

A memorial initiated by another Green Hornet, Robert Hall Robert.Hall12@scott.af.mil  15 Apr 2002

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