13 Apr 2006 James was a life time San Angelo, Texas resident. He attended San Angelo schools, last attending San Angelo Central High School. He was killed when a helicopter on which he was a passenger was shot down by an SA-7 missile on October 31, 1973. He is remembered by the Concho Valley Vietnam Memorial in San Angelo, Texas and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice not be forgotten. From a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown 4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762 bmbrown@grandecom.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall Fifteen men died when CH-47C tail number 69-17119 was shot down by a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile on 31 Oct 1972: 18th Avn Co (Corps), 164th Avn Grp: CPT Steven D. Howard, El Dorado, KS, pilot; CWO Ronald L. Vanlandingham, San Antonio, TX, copilot; SP5 David E. Wischemann, Kahului, HI, flight engineer SP4 Timothy A. Thomas, Lafayette, CA, gunner SP4 Richard B. Freeman, Redondo Beach, CA, crew chief SP4 Louis O. Calderon, Los Angeles, CA, passenger SP4 Raymond L. Goodchild, Fenton, MI, passenger 527th Pers Svc Co: SSG Charles A. McSwiney, Panama City, FL HQ, Delta Regional Assistance Command, MACV: MAJ Dennis W. Finnegan, New York, NY 1LT Kenneth J. Spencer, Rochester, MI C Troop, 16th Cavalry: SP4 James D. Brown, San Angelo, TX SP4 Roger R. Chambliss, Birmingham, MI SP4 Milton C. Hunter, Opelika, AL SP4 Charles L. Stewart, Gladstone, MI SP4 Delbert R. Wood, Phoenix, AZ C Troop, 16th Cavalry, was an air cavalry troop assigned to the 164th Aviation Group.

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