More detail on this person: He died in a pool at his rehabilitation facility in Hawaii. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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He was in Class 64-8W at Fort Wolters and Fort Rucker. He then went to Korea out of flight school
and then the Huey pilots and their aircraft were loaded on a WWII jeep carrier and 4 days later we
were in Vietnam.
We also carried the 1st Cav Colors that they lost in the Korean War. I was 1st Cav in Korea and
after we departed to Vietnam (flying our Huey choppers off the Jeep Carrier) we were then 1st Inf
Div at Phu Loi about 15 miles north of Saigon.
Dick's Daughter Bunny Daughter finally got the VA to provide a Plaque for his grave which is in the
attached photo.
Dick had a brother who was also a Helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He has since deceased but I do not
have that information, he was also living in Hawaii. After leaving the US Army he flew helicopters
for the Honolulu Fire Dept. in Oahu.
I went through Flight school, Korea and Vietnam with Dick Greenwell. Please make sure he is in your
records as a deceased Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association.
From: Howard E Shoudy