More detail on this person: Buddy Harp says
that Jim was in an OH-23 that had an engine
failure and crashed into San Fran Bay in Oct 1969.
Jim completed CH-47 transition school during the
summer of 1969.
Jim was my flight school roommate at Ft Rucker.
He was a LOH pilot in Viet Nam where he was shot
down and subsequently wounded by small arms fire
3 times. We reunited at Lettermen General Hospital
in the Spring of 1968. He died in an OH23 accident
just outside the Golden Gate Bridge along with a
High School Classmate of his in the Fall of
1968.
Survivors: Not married.
Marin 'Copter Crash - - Victims Are Identified
The Sixth Army announced last night that a San
Mateo youth was one of the two persons killed in
the crash of an Army helicopter Monday in Marin
County.
He was identified as Airman First Class Terrance
G. Drake, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Drake,
San Mateo.
The crash also killed the pilot of the aircraft.
He was identified as Army Chief Warrant Officer
James W. Paydo, 21, whose father, Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel John Paydo, is stationed in
Germany.
Burial information: Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, CA
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