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Last Rank
Hospitalman
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Last Primary NEC
HN-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospitalman
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Primary Unit
1967-1968, HN-8404, MAG-36
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Service Years
1967 - 1968
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Personal Details
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Home State
New Jersey | |
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Year of Birth
1948 |
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Addice, Frank Paul, HN.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Wanaque, NJ |
Last Address
Wanaque, NJ
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Casualty Date
Apr 11, 1968 |
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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 |
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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
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Comments/Citation
Not Specified
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