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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03/10/2024
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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