David Phillip Medina

Specialist Five
HHC, 326TH MED BN, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
08 April 1952 - 30 April 1971
San Jose, California
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101 ABN DIV

326TH MED BN
Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for David Phillip Medina

13 Dec 2004

David Phillip Medina
died in the same incident as my brother,
Robert Fritz Speer.

They are remembered.

Bruno Speer
Sergeant Major, German Air Force
bruno.speer@web.de

Notes from The Virtual Wall

On 23 April 1971 a medevac flight from the 326th Medical Battalion (UH-1H tail number 66-16588) was downed by automatic weapons fire. One of the five crewmen died in the crash, and the other four men had to defend themselves from ground attack before they were rescued by friendly forces. Only two of the five survived:
  • CWO2 Frederic A Behrens, pilot, survived
  • 1LT Roger J Madison, copilot, survived
  • SP5 Michael Lee Brummer, crew chief, died in crash
  • SP5 Robert Fritz Speer, medic, shot to death 24 Apr 71
  • SP4 David Phillip Medina, crew chief, died of wounds 30 Apr 71




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