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.]
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