More detail on this person: UH-1 Medevac crash in bad weather in Texas before going to Vietnam. Aircraft crashed in flames during a rain storm near the NE fringe of San Antonio after dropping off an automobile wreck victim at a local hospital. Shreveport Man Among Victims Of Air Accident FORT HOOD, Tex. (AP) - The Army identified Monday an Ohio soldier as the fourth victim of a helicopter crash near San Antonio, Tex., Saturday. The man was Spec. 5 Ronald K. McDowell, 25, of Chagrin Falls. The Army at this armored division base earlier identified the other victims as WO James G. Warden, 24, Gadsden, Ala.; WO Conny C. Cook, 28, Killeen, Tex.; and Spec. 4 Robert E. Murphy, Shreveport, LA. The craft crashed as it was returning to Fort Hood after delivering a medical patient to a San Antonio military hospital.
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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Date posted on this site: 01/11/2025
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