Richard Barton Freeman

Specialist Four
18TH AVN CO (CORPS), 164TH AVN GROUP, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
13 March 1953 - 31 October 1972
Redondo Beach, California
Panel 01W Line 086

1 AVN BDE

CH-47

164TH CAG 		Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, and Vietnam Campaign medals

The database page for Richard Barton Freeman

18 Feb 2001

Not a day goes by that my younger brother is
not thought about or missed.

Now you have made visiting him possible at any time.

Jan Freeman Peterson
jpeterson50@aol.com

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
    • SP4 Raymond L. Goodchild, Fenton, MI

  • 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


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his sister,
Jan Freeman Peterson
jpeterson50@aol.com
 18 Feb 2001


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