Graduated from Bedford Junior High School in Westport, CT, and then from Fairfield Prep. School in 1957.
Earned the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal.
Went along on the last flight as an observer. He had a leg problem and had been grounded from piloting any more flights for the time. So, he went along on this flight to log some more active mission hours so that he could go home sooner.
The AC130A that he was riding in was hit by ground fire and crashed in flames into the jungle in Laos. Two crewmen bailed out and were rescued. For the full story, see this pdf of the military record of the Spectre 17 crash -
http://spectre17.org/media/media---documents/media---documents---other/history_of_the_8th_tactical.pdf
After remains were located and returned in 1985, he was buried next to his baby daughter, Kelly Anne, in Evergreen Cemetery.
See the Memorial Site here
Earned the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal.
Went along on the last flight as an observer. He had a leg problem and had been grounded from piloting any more flights for the time. So, he went along on this flight to log some more active mission hours so that he could go home sooner.
The AC130A that he was riding in was hit by ground fire and crashed in flames into the jungle in Laos. Two crewmen bailed out and were rescued. For the full story, see this pdf of the military record of the Spectre 17 crash -
http://spectre17.org/media/media---documents/media---documents---other/history_of_the_8th_tactical.pdf
After remains were located and returned in 1985, he was buried next to his baby daughter, Kelly Anne, in Evergreen Cemetery.
See the Memorial Site here
Graduated from Bedford Junior High School in Westport, CT, and then from Fairfield Prep. School in 1957.
Earned the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal.
Went along on the last flight as an observer. He had a leg problem and had been grounded from piloting any more flights for the time. So, he went along on this flight to log some more active mission hours so that he could go home sooner.
The AC130A that he was riding in was hit by ground fire and crashed in flames into the jungle in Laos. Two crewmen bailed out and were rescued. For the full story, see this pdf of the military record of the Spectre 17 crash -
http://spectre17.org/media/media---documents/media---documents---other/history_of_the_8th_tactical.pdf
After remains were located and returned in 1985, he was buried next to his baby daughter, Kelly Anne, in Evergreen Cemetery.
See the Memorial Site here
Earned the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal.
Went along on the last flight as an observer. He had a leg problem and had been grounded from piloting any more flights for the time. So, he went along on this flight to log some more active mission hours so that he could go home sooner.
The AC130A that he was riding in was hit by ground fire and crashed in flames into the jungle in Laos. Two crewmen bailed out and were rescued. For the full story, see this pdf of the military record of the Spectre 17 crash -
http://spectre17.org/media/media---documents/media---documents---other/history_of_the_8th_tactical.pdf
After remains were located and returned in 1985, he was buried next to his baby daughter, Kelly Anne, in Evergreen Cemetery.
See the Memorial Site here
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