Ferris Ansel Rhodes, Jr
Major
HHC, 223RD AVN BN, 17TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Greenwood, South Carolina
January 19, 1936 to August 14, 1978
(Incident Date January 03, 1971)
FERRIS A RHODES Jr is on the Wall at Panel W5, Line 24

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12 Oct 2006

I wore CAPT F. A. RHODES MIA bracelet starting in my 9th grade of high school 1973. I never knew anything else about him until today. All of these years I have always wondered about him. Now I know so much more. I am sorry that his body was never found. I will never stop thinking about you, CAPT. F. A. RHODES. May you rest in peace.

Tina Brackins
Tallahassee, Fl. 32310
tina.brackins@myfwc.com


 
28 Nov 2006

Ansel was a good friend of mine at Fort Jackson where we were both stationed in 1969-70. I have not forgotten him!

Stan Gause
sgause101@bellsouth.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

At about 0900 03 Jan 1971 a U-6A BEAVER (serial #52-25884) departed Qui Nhon on an administrative support flight to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, carrying crewmen from the 61st AHC to collect replacement helicopters for the company. The helicopter crewmen would then fly the helicopters back to Qui Nhon.

At 1120 hours, with the U-6 about 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat, radio and radar contact with the plane was lost. Because the pilot, Captain F. A. Rhodes, had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot, no immediate search was made. When search efforts were begun on 5 January, no trace of the aircraft or its seven occupants could be found. Formal search efforts ended on 9 January 1971.

Seven men were aboard the U-6:

All seven men were placed in MIA status. As time progressed, the Secretary of the Army approved Presumptive Findings of Death for them (on the dates in parentheses) and their status was changed to "Died while Missing". Their remains have not been repatriated.

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