Addice, Frank Paul, HN

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Hospitalman

Last Primary NEC
HN-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospitalman

Primary Unit
1967-1968, HN-8404, MAG-36

Service Years
1967 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1948

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Casualty Info

Home Town Wanaque, NJ	Last Address Wanaque, NJ

Casualty Date Apr 11, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Calvary Cemetery - Paterson, New Jersey	Wall/Plot Coordinates 49E 018 / Plot: Lot 11 Grave 431

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	2014, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2014, United States Navy Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2014, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2018, New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
At daybreak on 11 April 1968, a UH-34D from HMM-163 launched on a medevac flight to pick up wounded Marines from the vicinity of Khe Sanh. The UH-34D was escorted by two UH-1E gunships from VMO-6. After picking up the four wounded men, the flight proceeded toward the medical facility at Dong Ha. While enroute, one of the escorting UH-1Es - which were flying above and behind the UH-34D - was involved in a mid-air collision with the UH-34. Both aircraft went down. Thirteen men died in the accident:

Aboard the UH-34D (BuNo 145804):

CAPT Eugene Richard Gannon, aircraft commander
2ndLT John Parker Holden II, copilot
CPL John Arleigh Nixon, gunner
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten, crew chief
HN Frank Paul Addice, Navy Corpsman, MAG-36
CPL Robert Winslow Belcher, passenger, H&S Co, 3/26
PFC Dennis Robert Davidson, passenger, A Co, 3rd Tank Bn
PFC Richard Eugene Erwin, passenger, H&S Co, 3/26
PFC Charles Richard Finley, passenger, M Co, 3/26

Aboard the UH-1E (BuNo 154968):

CAPT Bruce Francis McMillan, pilot
1stLT Ronald Edgar Riede, copilot
CPL Paul James Allen, crew chief
LCPL Michael Gregory DeMarco, gunner

Comments/Citation
Not Specified

Ribbon Bar

Duty Stations


	1967-1968, HN-8404, MAG-36

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (68)/Operation Pegasus / Lam Son 207

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Jul 16, 2012, General Photos 1