Robert Michael Cheek

The database page for Robert Michael Cheek

08 Mar 2003 REMEMBERED by his comrades in the USMC Vietnam Helicopter Association Placed by a fellow Marine, George T Curtis MGySgt, USMC (Ret) (deceased)

A Note from The Virtual Wall The HMM-161 Command Chronology contains the following entries: "17 Oct 68: 1 aircraft missing in marginal weather at last known position was YD0437, time 1855H." "18 Oct 68: The missing aircraft since 161855H [sic] was located at 1130H position YD042374. The aircraft was believed to have hit ridge line in clouds and rain showers with 6 persons on board receiving fatal injuries." while the Air Group 39 Chronology contains "17 October 1968. On a medevac mission in mountainous terrain, the CH-46 Med-evac aircraft went inadvertently IFR and crashed. The wreckage was not located until the following day due to weather." CH-46D BuNo 154794 crashed on a ridgeline about 12 kilometers southeast of Ca Lu. The six men who died were HMM-161, MAG-39 Capt Joseph L. Powell, Alexandria, VA, copilot 1stLt James N. Sweet, South Lima, NY, pilot Cpl John R. Ferrazzano, New Hyde Park, NY, aircrewman LCpl Robert M. Cheek, Wolcottville, IN, crew chief LCpl William D. Frantz, Schuylkill Haven, PA, gunner H&MS-39, MAG-39 HM2 Dayne Y. Scott, Hawthorne, CA, Corpsman

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a fellow Marine, George T Curtis MGySgt, USMC (Ret) (deceased)

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 8 Mar 2003
Last updated 01/10/2007