John Spurgeon Sprewell

Captain
135TH AHC, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
20 December 1946 - 19 May 1970
Carrollton, GA
Panel 10W Line 067

1 AVN BDE

135TH AHC 		UH-1 Huey

Army Aviator

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

The database page for John Spurgeon Sprewell

REMEMBERED

Mission Notes

On 19 May 1970 four men of the 135th Assault Helicopter Company died when their UH-1C gunship (tail number 66-00527) was shot down by a quad-50 caliber antiaircraft gun about three miles east of Cai Ba:
  • 1LT Lanny Guy Ladouceur, pilot
  • CPT John Spurgeon Sprewell, copilot
  • SP5 Larry Evans Stone, gunner
  • PFC Richard Lee Herrington, Jr, crew chief
A second gunship was hit and seriously damaged by the same AAA site but was able to return to base with the four crewmen alive. PFC Herrington was flying in place of 527's regular crew chief, William Hysmith.




Top of Page

Virtual Wall icon
www.VirtualWall.org

Back to
To alpha index S
GA State Index . Panel 10W
135TH AHC Index

Contact Us


With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
Last updated 08/10/2009