More detail on this person: Lt. Col (Ret) Milton P Cherne was a long time Army Aviator and TC
officer. He was originally commissioned as Armor but transferred to TC. He had the honor of
commanding the first operational helicopter unit in Vietnam - 57th Transportation Company, Light
Cargo Helicopter (CH-21). This company was staffed over the years with many TC Army Aviators such
as Emmett Knight, William Rudd, Darwin Beachchamp, John Thomas, Thomas C (Top Cat) West, Don
Jordan. Milt passed away March 29, 2009. He resided in the Fort Worth Texas area.
Milt will be cremated and he will rest In Dallas Ft. Worth Military Cemetery. He will have full
military honors on Wednesday, April 8 at 10:30 a.m. A short Memorial service will be held at North
Richland Hills Baptist Church at 11:30 followed by a luncheon at the church.
As far as I know he only pulled the one tour in Nam and on that tour he was CO of the 57th his
entire tour. Retired and flew for the aviation division of San Deigo PD to my knowledge.
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