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Casualty Info
Home Town Ridgefield, CT
Last Address Ridgefield, CT
Casualty Date Nov 02, 1970
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Kien Giang (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint Mary?s Cemetery - Ridgefield, Connecticut
191ST AHC, 13TH AVN BN, 164TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
UH-1C 66-15219 ROTOR FAILURE 3 KM NW OF KIEN GIANG AFLD
Robert Sidonio sidoniobv@juno.com
high school buddy/ fellow aviator/
John I still remember you
I see John's name on the memorial wall at Fort Rcuker regularly. I will never forget John and his humor and heroism.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
POSTED ON 3.8.2020
POSTED BY: GALEN NELSON
GOOD GUY GONE TO SOON
John I never did try the fish at the King Neptune Restaurant, thanks for being My friend and WOC Roommate every time I drink Scotch I toast You.
Army Chief Warrant Officer John T. Orrico was the third and final Ridgefielder to die in the Vietnam War. He was killed Nov. 2, 1970, when the helicopter he was piloting had a mechanical failure and crashed. Just a few months earlier, he had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in action while engaged in aerial flight in connection with military operations against a hostile force. Before that, he had been awarded the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Air Medal. The 1966 Ridgefield High School graduate had attended The Citadel before entering the Army in 1968.
