LINDSLEY FRED

CW4 Fred Lindsley was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 05/09/2009 at the age of 80.4
Clarksville, TN
Flight Class 58-6
Date of Birth 12/02/1928
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 1 CAV DIV in 65-66, 178 ASHC in 68-69, 101 ABN in 69
This information was provided by Don Joyce

More detail on this person: Fred was stationed at Fort Riley when I got there in 1956. I was waiting for orders to go to flight school. He was SFC, I was Sp4 and we waited for those orders together, along with Lew Stone, who was Sgt E6 at the time. We got orders a couple months apart, with Lew going first, then me. Fred came to flight school a month behind me, finished a month ahead of me. Lew Stone was an early casualty in Viet nam.

Fred was at Fort Campbell while I was at Fort Knox, then in a different H 34 company while we were in Germany, I did not see him again until he was my replacement when General Melvin Zais turned over the 101st , and Fred was the incoming IP. He got there a couple weeks ahead of his general and I sort of got him familiar with the area. Then after the change of command ceremony, I left and have only seen him two or three times after that, always at Fort Rucker. The world is a sadder place without Fred Lindsley.

From: Dave Shanklin

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024