Behm, Chris Roger, SP4

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Final Rank
Specialist 4
Last Service Branch
Ordnance Corps
Last MOS
45J20-Aircraft Armament Repairman
Last MOS Group
Ordnance
Primary Unit
1971-1971, 45J20, 117th Aviation Company (AHC)
Service Years
1970 - 1971
Ordnance Corps
Specialist 4
One Overseas Service Bar

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Home State
Florida
Florida
Year of Birth
1952
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SGT James E. Reece, III (Team Leader, Vietnam Fallen Profiles) to remember Behm, Chris Roger, SP 4.

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Casualty Info
Home Town
Pensacola, FL
Last Address
Pensacola, FL

Casualty Date
Sep 30, 1971
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Barrancas National Cemetery (VA) - Pensacola, Florida
Wall/Plot Coordinates
02W 030/Section 31 Site 250. 

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  1971, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2014, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2020, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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 Ribbon Bar

Aviation Badge (Basic)

 
 Unit Assignments
1st Aviation Brigade117th Aviation Company (AHC)222nd Aviation Battalion
  1971-1971, 45J20, 1st Aviation Brigade
  1971-1971, 45J20, 117th Aviation Company (AHC)
  1971-1971, 45J20, 222nd Aviation Battalion
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1970-1971 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
  1971-1971 Vietnam War/Consolidation I Campaign (1971)
 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


SP4 Behm was sering as the crew chief aboard an Army UH-1C (#65-09458) that was hit .51 caliber machine gun fire, caught fire, lost its tail boom, crashed inverted, and burned.

He served with the  117th AHC, 222nd Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. His tour began 8 January 1971.

Crew killed were:
WO1 Thomas R. Stansbury [AC]
WO1 Frederick C. Hebert [CP]
SP4 Chris R. Behm [CE]
SP4 Ronald G. Ricks [G]
 

   
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