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Todd, Jerome Dean, SP 5.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Wichita
Last Address Wichita
Casualty Date Sep 24, 1971
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Binh Duong (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Resthaven Gardens of Memory - Wichita, Kansas
Ground Casualty
Posted on 5/3/17 - by wkillian@smjuhsd.org
SP5 Jerome D. Todd was an AH-1 attack helicopter mechanic serving with F Troop, 4th Cavalry, 1st Aviation Battalion. On September 24, 1971, SP5 Todd was fatally injured at Lai Khe Airfield in Binh Duong Province, RVN, when he accidently walked into the rotating tail rotor of an Army helicopter. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Rites Pending For J. Todd, Killed in War.” Unnamed Wichita area publication, date unknown, courtesy of Robert Tucker, Special Collections Department, Wichita Public Library]
Remembering An American Hero
Posted on 9/23/16 - by Curt Carter ccarter02@earthlink.net
Dear SP5 Jerome Dean Todd, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, Sir
Curt Carter
Garnet Jenkins garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~ In Tribute To A Fallen Young Hero ~
Thank You, SP5 Jerome Dean Todd, for your Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of such a young hero, who also made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam 1967.....'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.' ~ John 15:13 ~
Sep 24, 2008
Manuel Pino Bco 2/8th 1st Cav 68-69 mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Army Vet
F/4 Cav
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings, Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things. You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung, high in the sunlit silence, hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle flew, and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God. By John G. Magee, Jr.
Oct 28, 2006
Jim Brothers
Viet Nam Vet
It looks like this hero served over two years in-country. God bless you - you are not forgotten.
Friday, October 25, 2002
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
Posted by: Bob Ross
Relationship: Fellow Vietnam Veteran Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Thank You
Jerome, Our class in Gridley Illinois is doing a Gridley High School posting project to honor all the soldiers who gave their lives fighting for our country and what it stands for. When Americans look back on history, we remember you and your selfless sacrifice. You will never be forgotten, but thought of with respect as a brave American Hero. Thank you! God Bless you and your loved ones! Sincerely, Kaleigh Schlipf
