Leon Ross Barickman

Lance Corporal
L CO, 3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
02 May 1949 - 27 July 1969
Lewisville, Minnesota
Panel 20W Line 054

1ST MARDIV

5TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Leon Ross Barickman

30 Aug 2003

Leon Ross Barickman wasn't assigned to HMM-364, but he died in the company of the Purple Foxes. He too is remembered by the women who waited at home, whether mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, or friends. Those women, the

Purple Foxy Ladies
Purple Foxy Ladies

continue to support today's Purple Foxes of HMM-364 as they serve our country.

Visit
HMM-364
the Purple Foxes

on-line or go to our unit page
on The Virtual Wall

A memorial initiated by the
Purple Foxy Ladies
Foxyladiesgroup@aol.com
and
HMM-364
Frank Gulledge, Point Man
gulledge@bbtel.com

15 May 2004

REMEMBERED

by his brother,
Ivan L. Barickman
14501 Grande Cay Circle, #2706, Fort Myers, Fl 33908
ivanbarickman@yahoo.com

Notes from The Virtual Wall

The HMM-364 Command Chronology states
"On 27 July 1969 at 1530 hours, 17 miles SW of Da Nang, Quang Nam Province, RVN. Crew of YK-10 (bureau number 154018) of HMM-364 flying on an emergency medevac mission. Upon departure from the pick-up zone the aircraft received intense small arms fire and automatic fire. Aircraft impacted uncontrollably, exploded and burned. Aircraft consumed by fire. All crew and passengers were killed. Eleven lives were lost."
Eye witnesses to the crash indicated it probably was due to both hydraulic boost systems being shot out which rendered the aircraft uncontrollable. The known American dead were While the Command Chronology states that "eleven lives were lost" the casualty database shows only nine Americans lost in the incident. The HMM-364 site indicates that one prisoner was aboard; on another site Robert Garcia states that he "was bumped off [the helicopter] because our wounded and the POW's took priority." It therefore seems certain that both the tenth and eleventh casualties were prisoners.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his brother,
Ivan Barickman
14501 Grande Cay Circle, #2706, Fort Myers, Fl 33908
ivanbarickman@yahoo.com 
31 Aug 2003



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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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