Delbert Roy Wood

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05 Oct 2005 A LETTER TO MY FATHER Daddy, I wish I could have known you, but all I have are pictures. Grandma died a few years after you, I'm sure it was from a broken heart. Grampa followed her soon after. Sometimes my other grandfather will look at me and comment on how much I remind him of you, it always makes me cry. When they sent back your belongings they included baby items of mine. I guess you took them along to remind you of your little girl back home. I'm proud of you. Love, Tammy Placed by his daughter, Tammy Lee Wood tammykat@cox.net

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, passenger SP4 Raymond L. Goodchild, Fenton, MI, passenger 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 C Troop, 16th Cavalry, was an air cavalry troop assigned to the 164th Aviation Group.

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