FREEMAN RANDALL GAYLORD

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Name: WO1 Randall Gaylord Freeman
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/14/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.2
Date of Birth: 10/16/1948
Home City: Sac City, IA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 326 MED 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 70-7/70-5
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 06W-120
Short Summary: Aircraft found destroyed on the side of a mountain. Crashed at night during bad weather w/Paul Brass.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 69-15137
Call sign: DUSTOFF
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: A/C Accident WX
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 05/29/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: YD313180
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Presbyterian
Burial information: OAKLAND CEMETERY, SAC CITY, IA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 03/27/2020


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