A Note from The Virtual Wall On 05 June 1972 an Air America C-46A, registry EM-2, was conducting a round robin flight from Saigon with enroute stops at Ban Me Thuot, Hue/Phu Bai, Pleiku, and again at Ban Me Thuot before returning to Saigon. The C-46 departed Hue/Phu Bai for Pleiku with 32 people on board - 3 aircrew, 11 US military, 14 SVN military, 1 SVN civilian, and 3 Air America mechanics. The aircraft crashed on approach to Pleiku, killing all on board. The 11 US military members, all Army, were LTC Ronnie A. Mendoza, Los Angeles, CA LTC Andrew F. Underwood, San Antonio, TX MAJ Calvin T. Gore, Augusta, GA MAJ Nicholas Quinones-Borras, Santurce, PR CPT Charles L. Flott, Chevy Chase, MD CPT James F. Hollis, Bremerton, WA CPT Walter S. Mullen, Brownsville, TX SFC Andee Chapman, Bessemer, AL SSG Thomas M. Lejeune, Monongahela, PA SGT Kenneth L. Barnett, Plant City, FL SGT Michael L. Hutson, Danville, IL

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