Leonard Selanikio

The database page for Leonard Selanikio

10 Apr 2008 REMEMBERED by his soulmate, Victoria Bruner victoria.bruner@na.amedd.army.mil

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 06 Sep 1968 a C-130E (tail number 62-1785) from the 345th Tac Alft Sqdn crashed at Tam Phat Airfield near Bao Loc, killing five crewmen: Major Eugene W. Hartman, Silver Spring, MD, navigator; Capt David H. Risher, Washington, DC, pilot; Capt Leonard Selanikio, West Islip, NY, copilot; TSgt Ralph J. Lund, Johnstown, NY, crew chief; and Sgt Jesus Ochoa, Tucson, AZ, loadmaster. The casualty database has the incident coded as a hostile-fire loss, and Hobson's Vietnam Air Losses says the aircraft received ground fire about a mile south of the airfield - but Hobson also reports that one source says the aircraft crashed into a mountain during a bad-weather approach to landing.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is his soulmate, Victoria Bruner victoria.bruner@na.amedd.army.mil

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 10 Apr 2008
Last updated 04/26/2008