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Casualty Info
Home Town Burnettsville, Indiana
Last Address Burnettsville, Indiana
Casualty Date Jun 14, 1970
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Illness, Disease
Location Tuyen Duc (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Wall/Plot Coordinates 09W 054
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
1961-1961, 1981, 18th Aviation Company (Fixed Wing Light Transport)
18th Aviation Company (Fixed Wing Light Transport) Details
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Constituted 5 March, 1959 in the Regular Army as 18th Aviation Company
Activated 1 May, 1959 at Fort Riley, Kansas (HQ, 5th US Army GO 46 - 27 April 1959) & (HQ Fort Riley, Kansas GO 116 - 1 May 1959)
Boarded USNS Core at Alameda Naval Station, California - 15 January 1962, (destination South Pacific)
Arrived 6 February 1962 in Saigon, Vietnam
Inactivated 16 April, 1971 in Qui Nhon, Vietnam
(On 15 August 1971 the unit began transitioning over to UH-1 helicopters, in Vietnam as the 18th Combined Aircraft Command (CAC) and is the forerunner of today's 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.)
Meritorious Unit Citation awarded to the 18th Aviation Company, "for exceptionally meritorious service during the period 15 October 1964 through 31 December 1965".
On 8 December 1969, Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. McGuffin presented the 18th Aviation Company (UA) with the Presidential Unit Citation (Navy). The award was made at the Change of Command ceremonies between Major William A. Bloemsma and Major Thomas L. McCord. Significantly, the period during which the award was earned, 29 March 1966 - 30 January 1967, was during the former tours of both these officers (then Captains), with the 18th Aviation Company. The award was presented by authority of General Order #59, Headquarters, Department of the Army, for valorous service in support of the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force, I Corps, the Republic of Vietnam.
Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, with Oak Leaf Device, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970, 1971