Casper Aviation Platoon Memorial

 

 

To Our Fallen Heroes

This Memorial Web Page is dedicated to those Casper Aviation Platoon Crew Members who were KIA while proudly serving our country.

Listed below are the Casper Pilots, Crew Chiefs, Door Gunners and Mechanics who paid the ultimate price for defending the freedom that we and our families enjoy today. 

Photo: Casper Platoon Remembrance Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our 2005 reunion. (more photos below)

 

 

 

Killed in Action

Name

Position

Memorial Wall

 

 

10/12/66

Douglas Lee Jones

Pilot

Panel 11E,  Row 68

 

 

01/26/68

Terry Dean Finch

Crew Chief

Panel 35E,  Row 39

 

 

03/04/68

Donny Ramon Kidd

Pilot

Panel 42E,  Row 67

 

 

04/12/68

Richard Wade Joles

Crew Chief

Panel 49E,  Row 33

 

  09/12/68 Richard Driggs Le May Pilot Panel 44W, Row 38  

 

03/20/69

Larry Dean Smith

Door Gunner

Panel 29W, Row 93

 

 

08/18/69

William John Bassignani

Pilot

Panel 19W, Row 58

 

 

08/18/69

Rigoberto Gomez-Diaz

Crew Chief

Panel 19W, Row 60

 

 

10/04/69

Richard Bruce Canning

Crew Chief

Panel 17W, Row 35

 

 

08/07/70

Eric Peter Busch

Mechanic

Panel 8W,   Row 90

 

 

08/07/70

John Nelson Crawford

Mechanic

Panel 8W,   Row 90

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos taken at the Casper Aviation Platoon Organization Remembrance Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC on Saturday, June 25, 2005. 

A photo montage of our 11 Casper KIA &  wreath were placed at the Wall by former Casper Commanding Officers Don Bliss and Thomas Terry.  2005 CAPO President Walt Henderson spoke at the ceremony, while Casper Guest Chaplain, Rev. John Steen delivered the Invocation. Afterwards our group was led by our Commanders to the Vietnam Memorial Wall while the sounds of bagpipes played Taps in the distance.

  Casper Aviation Platoon

  Remembrance Ceremony

  Video  Click Here

 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

For complete information about the Wall  Click Here

Virtual Wall

To visit the Virtual Wall  Click Here

Wall Memorial

To view the Wall Memorial  Click Here

Vietnam Veterans State Memorials

For individual information by State  Click Here

 

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