More detail on this person: As a captain he was Executive Officer when assigned to the 145th and
6th Airlift Platoons in the Republic of South Vietnam in 1965 and '66 under Kevin Murphy, the
Commanding Officer. These platoons were later integrated into the 281st Assault Helicopter Company.
Unit orders from this period showed that Pete had been appointed as an Aircraft Commander. Pete was
born and raised near Raleigh, NC. While assigned to the Pentagon between Vietnam tours Pete
purchased a home in the Mt. Vernon area. Pete had two daughters. On his second Vietnam tour Pete
commanded a CH-47 Chinook unit, Company A, 159th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne
Division.
[Contributors to this Memoriam are Joe Thurston, John Hyatt and Bill Perrin.]
This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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