YATES JAMES ROBERT

WOC James Robert Yates was a potential member who died during training before going to Vietnam on 05/18/1967 from A/C accident
Ft. Rucker, AL
Flight Class 67-11
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by John B. Konek, Roy E. Ziegler, Donald E. Williams

More detail on this person: Two TH-13T'S ran together over a beacon at Ft. Rucker during advanced instrument training. WOC L. G. Westbury in other TH-13T. WOC James R Yates 18 MAY 67 CW3 Robert E. Dixon [IP] WOC Lawrence G. Westbury Alabama USAAVNS TH-13T Mid-air collision near Clio while flying over a beacon during advanced instrument training at Ft Rucker. One A/C crashed in a pasture and the other came down in a pine thicket and were approx 425 yds apart. CW2 Thomas K. Gibbs [IP] WOC James R. Yates

Burial information: Cross Plains UMC Cemetery, Cross Plains, TN

This information was last updated 04/06/2021

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024