Lloyd Earle Greene, Jr

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19 Dec 2002 HE WAS THE BEST FRIEND A KID COULD EVER HAVE. I MISS YA AND LOVE YA. Steve Fultz 312 Walnut Ave, Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 cherry8950@aol.com

02 Jun 2007 Buddy The years have passed without you but your spirit has never faded. It is carried every day with in the hearts of your family. It is felt with every joy we share and heard in our laughter (just as you would have wanted it to be). We have walked on proudly. At times it was not easy, but I could always feel you there guiding us and telling us to be strong. You life to some is just a memory. For us it so much more. You see, Buddy, although you have physicially left us you have never been very far, for we have always been connected through prayer, our thoughts, and the knowledge that your journey did not end but only began. I am proud to have been your sister and will carry you forever in my heart. I Love You, Donna Donna Greene Yearsley dmgyearsley@hotmail.com

Notes from The Virtual Wall On the afternoon of 19 Sep 1968, an OH-6A (tail number 67-16015) of the 201st Aviation Company was detailed to provide transportation on an administrative flight to coordinate aviation activities at Khanh Duong, Boun Ea Yang and the U.S. installations at Ban Me Thout east and Ban Me Thout City Airfields. The aircraft departed Ban Me Thout City Airfield and headed in an easterly direction enroute to Nha Trang, 70 miles to the east. Its flight path paralleled highway 21 (which runs generally east-west), staying on the north side of the road and heading east. At about the same time a UH-1H (tail number 66-16323) departed Ban Me Thout City Airfield enroute Dong Ba Thin, 82 miles to the southeast. This aircraft also paralleled highway 21, but remained on the south side. The pilot of the UH-1H, a Lt Williams, reported sighting the OH-6A aircraft at 1700 hours, approximately 18 miles east of Ban Me Thout at a position north of highway 21 and flying in a southeasterly direction at approximately the same altitude as Williams' UH-1H. The OH-6A was closing on Lt Williams' aircraft and crossed highway 21 from left to right passing two miles to Williams' front. After a suitable separation was obtained between the two aircraft, the OH-6A was no longer observed by Lt Williams. The OH-6A aircraft was again observed by Lt Williams approximately three minutes later; it had reversed its original course and was now approaching Lt Williams' aircraft, head-on at a lower altitude and descending at an approximate angle of 30 degrees. The OH-6A aircraft was observed by SP Bowen, crew chief of Lt Williams' aircraft, to continue its descent all the way to the ground, where an explosion occurred shortly after impact. Four men died in the crash: MAJ Frank Owen Bonnarens, HHC, 1 Field Force, pilot SP5 Lloyd Earle Greene, Jr, 201st Avn Co, 17th Avn Group, crew chief MAJ Joseph Adrian Bishop, 201st Avn Co, 17th Avn Group, passenger MAJ Benjamin C. Hartman, Jr, HHC, 17th Avn Group, passenger

The point-of-contact for this memorial is his sister, Donna Greene Yearsley dmgyearsley@hotmail.com

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 19 Dec 2002
Last updated 06/06/2007