William Lon Lockhart

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04 Apr 1999 A TROOPER WITH B TRP, 1ST SQDN, 4TH CAVALRY, BIG RED ONE YOU WILL NEVER DIE AS LONG AS YOU ARE REMEMBERED. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. Don Kalahar mcmeen@midwest.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 03 Sep 1967 an incident involving UH-1D tail number 64-13722 from the 118th AHC cost the lifes of seven men. During takeoff the right cargo door came off and struck the main rotor blades, causing mast bumping. The tail boom and main rotor blades separated from the aircraft, which then crashed and burned. The seven dead were 118th AHC flight crew: WO Ricky P. Mattern, Everett, WA, pilot 1LT James L. Ante, Covington, KY, copilot SP4 David Carroll, Philadelphia, PA, gunner SP4 Ray A. Schold, Kenosha, WI, crew chief Passengers: WO Lewis C. Gilder, Mount Meigs, AL, HHC, 4th Trans Cmd SP4 William L. Lockhart, St Louis, MO, B Trp, 1st Sqdn, 4th Cavalry SP4 William C. Rouse, Stewartsville, OH, B Trp, 1st Sqdn, 4th Cavalry

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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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