Allard, Richard Michael, SFC

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Last Rank
Sergeant First Class
Last Service Branch
Transportation Corps
Last Primary MOS
67N20-UH-1 Helicopter Repairer
Last MOS Group
Transportation
Primary Unit
1967-1967, 67N20, 119th Aviation Company (AHC), 52nd Aviation Battalion
Service Years
1957 - 1967
Transportation Corps
Sergeant First Class
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Home State
Michigan
Michigan
Year of Birth
1946
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SGT James E. Reece, III (Team Leader, Vietnam Fallen Profiles)) to remember Allard, Richard Michael, SFC.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Chesaning, MI
Last Address
Chesaning, MI
MIA Date
Aug 24, 1967
 
Cause
Non Hostile- Died while Missing
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Pleiku (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
25E 036 / IMO

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family RegistryNational League of POW/MIA Families
  2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2019, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2019, National League of POW/MIA Families


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This Soldier has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in: Fort Custer National Cemetery (VA) - Augusta, Michigan

On August 24, 1967, pilot WO Dayton Witherall, aircraft commander WO Richard N. Morrison, gunner SP4 Richard L. Holtzman, crew chief SP4 Richard M. Allard, and passengers 2LT Kenneth B. Goff, 2LT Richard J. Schell, SMAJ John R. Ulp, 1LT Sterling A. Wall, and Miss Cynthia Colburn were aboard a UH-1C helicopter (serial #66-12526) which departed Polei Kleng, South Vietnam to Plei Krong, South Vietnam on a combat support liaison mission. The 4th Infantry, with the assistance of the 25th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry (Airmobile), was at that time conducting an operation called Paul Revere IV, a continuing effort near the Cambodian border of Pleiku Province. The UH1H flying over Pleiku Province that day in August 1966 was flying out of Pleiku, where its crew and passengers were stationed. (NOTE: While the U.S. Army and describes the flight mission as combat-related, it also acknowledges that Ms. Colburn was on the aircraft, a situation which was "illegal", as women serving in Vietnam were not supposed to be placed in combat situations. It is not clear in public record why she was on the aircraft, although Phyllis Allard, Richard Allard's mother, has said that the aircraft was carrying passengers enroute from a hospital and that Colburn was a Red Cross worker.) During the flight, the pilot elected to fly low-level along the Dak Bla River. While attempting a 180 degree turn, the aircraft failed to recover and was caught in a severe downdraft and crashed into the Krong Bo Lah River in about 10 feet of water at a point where the current was swift and the water was deep. (NOTE: loss coordinates place the site of loss unquestionably on the Se San River about 15 miles southwest of the city of Kontum, and about 28 miles due south of the city of Dak To. Just south of Dak To is the juncture of the Se San and another river. Whether at this juncture the two rivers have other names cannot be determined with materials on hand at the time of this writing. Information provided by family members states that the aircraft landed in the "bottomless, rapid Boc River called Dak Bla".) Rescue helicopters arrived 10 - 45 minutes after the crash and rescued WO Morrison, WO Witherall, Ms. Colburn and SMAJ Ulp, after their having been swept several hundred feet downstream. 2LT Goff, SP4 Allard and 2LT Schell were not seen by any of the survivors after the crash. SP4 Holtzman was seen by WO Morrison, who stated that Holtzman was wearing a flight jacket, armor plate, and a flak jacket, and called out to Morrison that he could not swim. WO Morrison stated that Holtzman drifted away in the swift current before he could help him. Later searches of the area revealed several pieces of debris, but the aircraft itself was not found. In September, Lt. Wall's body was retrieved from the river. Searches were conducted through December 26, but neither the aircraft nor the four missing men aboard it were found. [Narrative taken from pownetwork.org; image from wikipedia.org]


SFC Allard served as the crew chief of a UH-1C helicopter (serial #66-12526) that crashed into a river. He was dropped from the Rolls in 1978, but he remains MIA.  Duty status Unknown.

   
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   1967-1967, 67N20, 119th Aviation Company (AHC), 52nd Aviation Battalion

Sergeant First Class
From Month/Year
January / 1967
To Month/Year
August / 1967
Unit
119th Aviation Company (AHC) Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant First Class
MOS
67N20-UH-1 Helicopter Repairer
Base, Fort or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Kontum (Vietnam)
 
 
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 119th Aviation Company (AHC), 52nd Aviation Battalion Details

119th Aviation Company (AHC), 52nd Aviation Battalion
The 119th Aviation Company was organized under TO&E1-77G,dated 10 November 1965. The company consists of a Company Headquarters, two Airlift (Slicks)Platoons, one Armed Escort (Gun) Platoon, a Service Platoon, and the following detachments: 545th Transportation Detachment (CHFM) 70th Signal Detachment (Avionics) 94th Medical Detachment The Company opperates and maintains a total of 21 UH-1D(Slick) helicopters and 8 UH-1C (gunship) helicopters. On the 30th of October 1970 the 119th flew its last mission. On 31 october 1970 the 119th Assualt Helicopter Company was Deactivated.
Type
Aviation
 
Parent Unit
52nd Aviation Battalion
Strength
Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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119th Aviation Company (AHC)

Evans, Wesley, SSG, (1965-1970) TC 67N20 Staff Sergeant
Halladey, Terry, SSG, (1962-1970) TC 67N20 Staff Sergeant
De Leon, Franklin, SP 4, (1965-1967) TC 67N20 Specialist 4
Gonzalez, Conrad, SGT, (1966-1969) TC 67N20 Specialist 4
Seaton, James, SFC, (1963-1983) TC 67Y10 Sergeant First Class
Hunter, John, SSG, (1962-1969) TC 67N30 Staff Sergeant
Power, Edward, SP 5, (1966-1969) TC 68E Specialist 5
Thornberry, Dexter, SP 4, (1965-1967) TC 68G10 Specialist 4
Cone, Lester, CPT, (1962-1967) AV 062C Captain
O'Sullivan, Kevin, CPT, (1964-1970) IN 71542 Captain
Engels, William, CW2, (1957-1977) TC 671C Chief Warrant Officer 2
Bierlein, James, CW2, (1963-1968) AV 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Corbin, Ron, CW2, (1965-1969) AV 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Corbin, Ronald D, CW2, (1965-1969) TC 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Muldoon, Terence, CW2, (1965-1969) AV 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Paul, James, CW2, (1966-1970) TC 100E Chief Warrant Officer 2
Payne, Robert, CW4, (1966-2005) TC 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Bosley, James Gilbert, WO1, (1965-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Bullington, James Allen, WO1, (1965-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Bullington, James Allen, WO1, (1965-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Chase, Raymond Howard, WO1, (1966-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Daniel, James Lee, WO1, (1966-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Hapney, Jimmy, CW4, (1955-1980) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Kearney, Timothy William, WO1, (1965-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Thybony, John, CW2, (1966-1970) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
McConnell, Frank V., 1SG, (1960-1984) AV 67N10 Staff Sergeant
Halladey, Terry, SSG, (1962-1970) AV 67N10 Sergeant
Holtzman, Ronald Lee, SGT, (1966-1967) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Steendam, Gustaaf, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11B30 Sergeant
Founds, Gerald Dean, SP 5, (1964-1965) AV 67N10 Specialist 5
Bradford, Jack, SP 4, (1964-1967) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Gupton, Richard Charles, SP 4, (1966-1967) OD 45J20 Specialist 4
Hightower, Francis, SP 4, (1966-1968) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Marsh, Jon, SP 4, (1964-1967) AV 68G10 Specialist 4
Strahan, Dwight, SP 4, (1965-1968) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Mcintyre, Patrick, SP 4, (1966-1969) TC Specialist 4
Bullington, James Allen, WO1, (1965-1967) Warrant Officer 1
Garner, David, SGT, (1966-1968) AV Sergeant
Sonner, Eugene Vincent, SGT, (1952-1968) Sergeant
Little, Dennis, SP 5, (1966-1972) AV Specialist 5
Triplett, James, SP 5, (1966-1969) Specialist 5
189th Aviation Company

Hanson, Bruce, SSG, (1966-1977) TC 67N20 Staff Sergeant
Peacock, William, SP 4, (1966-1969) TC 67N20 Specialist 4
Forsyth, Jack, SP 5, (1966-1969) AV 67N20 Specialist 5
LaCoursiere, Michael, SP 5, (1965-1967) AR 67N20 Specialist 5
Adams, John Robert, SFC, (1966-1967) TC 67N30 Staff Sergeant
Antol, David, PFC, (1966-1967) TC 67N10 Private First Class
Leary, Patrick, CW3, (1966-1971) IM 2164 Chief Warrant Officer 3
Dyer, Orrin Leonard, CW2, (1947-1968) TC 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Lauck, Elmer Dale, CW2, (1962-1968) TC 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
McConchie, Robert, CW2, (1966-1970) AV 100B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Meister, Bernard Edwin, CW2, (1956-1970) TC 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
Stufflebean, Robert, CW2, (1960-1971) AV 062B Chief Warrant Officer 2
McGarry, Jeremiah D., WO1, (1966-1967) TC 062B Warrant Officer 1
Moon, Robert, CW3, (1966-1988) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Ripka, Herbert A., WO1, (1950-1967) QM 761A Warrant Officer 1
Shropshire, Glen Emery, WO1, (1966-1967) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
Prosky, Leveret Roscoe, SGT, (1966-1968) AV 67A20 Sergeant
Hart, Donald Wayne, SP 4, (1966-1967) MI 05F Specialist 4

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