Robert Michael Cheek
Lance Corporal
HMM-161, MAG-39, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps Wolcottville, Indiana June 21, 1948 to October 17, 1968 ROBERT M CHEEK is on the Wall at Panel W41, Line 68 |
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REMEMBEREDby his comrades in theUSMC Vietnam Helicopter Association Placed by a fellow Marine, George T Curtis MGySgt, USMC (Ret) (deceased) |
A Note from The Virtual WallThe 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."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
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