Homer, Ernest Craig, SGT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Armor

Last Primary MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 1st Aviation Brigade

Service Years
1967 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1949

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Casualty Info

Home Town Oil City	Last Address Oil City

Casualty Date Nov 16, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Hau Nghia (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Brandon Cemetery - Brandon, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates 39W 074

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1968, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1967-1968, HHT, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry
	1967-1968, 1st Aviation Brigade

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Sgt. Ernest Homer served with C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry,

On 16 November 1966, his OH-6A (tail number 66-07836) was shot down, crashed and burned near Trang Bang.
Crew lost:

WO Eddie W. Brown, P
Sgt. Ernest C. Homer, CE
SP4 Jorge L. Nieves, G

He was interred in Brandon Cemetery, Brandon, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

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