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Gerald Lee Young
Warrant Officer
A BTRY, 4TH BN, 77TH ARTILLERY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV Army of the United States Fort Worth, Texas July 23, 1938 to October 23, 1969 GERALD L YOUNG is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 108 |
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WO GERALD LEE YOUNG
WO GERALD LEE YOUNG
WO GERALD LEE YOUNG
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REMEMBERED
by his daughter and son, 14 Jun 2007 ...on May 5th, 2006 your son Kirk found me! He was born 4 months after you died. HE IS AN AWESOME MAN, HE LOOKS LIKE YOU! Somehow I always knew I had a brother out there ... and now I really do!
With love... From his daughter, Robin Young jefayoung@sbcglobal.net |
A Note from The Virtual WallA Battery, 4/77th Artillery, was an "Aerial Rocket Artillery" unit - actually a AH-1G Cobra unit whose primary role was providing fire support to ground troops. On 23 October 1969 the Battery had two aircraft on hot alert, ready to go if needed - and they were. At about 1445 they were directed to launch from Camp Eagle in support of a unit operating near FSB TIGER. The lead aircraft launched, followed by his wingman in AH-1G tail number 68-15109.While enroute 68-15109 passed beneath a UH-1 Huey, whose crew chief observed a puff of smoke emerge from the Cobra's engine. Very shortly thereafter 68-15109 radioed that he was going down. The aircraft hit hard, breaking into three main pieces after impact. The tail boom first separated from the fuselage, then the main rotor blade sheared the forward cockpit from the aft fuselage, which continued moving, spewing burning fuel over the hillside before it was destroyed by exploding ordnance. Both crewmen - pilot WO Gerald L. Young and co-pilot/gunner WO Andrew J. Abramson of Lake Oswego, Oregon - were killed in the crash, which was blamed on catastrophic engine failure in flight. |
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