Richard Lee Herrington, Jr
Private First Class
135TH AHC, 214TH AVN BN, 164TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
St Clair Shores, Michigan
August 16, 1949 to May 19, 1970
RICHARD L HERRINGTON Jr is on the Wall at Panel W10, Line 64

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1 Jun 2004

Richard and I became best friends during basic training. We saw each other in Vietnam a couple of times. He had told me about a girl he got to know just before going to Vietnam. I visited him just two days before he was killed. There's not a day goes by that I don't think about him. I miss his friendship terribly.

From a friend,
William M Hewitt
wmikehewitt@hotmail.com


 
10 Nov 2004

I truly admire you for your services and want to thank you.

E-mail address is not available.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 19 May 1970 four men of the 135th Assault Helicopter Company died when their UH-1C gunship (tail number 66-00527) was shot down by a quad-50 caliber antiaircraft gun about three miles east of Cai Ba: A second gunship was hit and seriously damaged by the same AAA site but was able to return to base with the four crewmen alive. PFC Herrington was flying in place of 527's regular crew chief, William Hysmith.

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