Michael Mereno

Specialist Four
128TH AHC, 11TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GRP, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
31 March 1947 - 10 February 1970
San Jose, California
Panel 14W Line 122

1 AVN BDE

128TH AHC
Army Aircrew

Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Michael Mereno

28 Jan 2002

This man died in my father's arms. Not a day passes by that I'm sure he doesn't think about him. The story although told to me was sugar coated as much as possible although this was not a wonderful story to learn about. My father doesn't talk about Vietnam to me or my brother or my mom at that. He just wants to block out all the horror and pain which he felt seeing his friends die and get injured. Which I am sure most of the Vets try to do. At any rate Michael Mereno deserves to be recognized as do the rest of these brave men! God Bless all our Vietnam Vets!

A memorial from the daughter of Clifford E. Richard,
Brooke Richard
brooke_n_richard@ars.aon.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots' Association and the 128th AHC web site, two men injured in a UH-1B accident on 08 Feb 1970 subsequently died of their injuries - SP4 Michael Mereno on 10 Feb and SP5 Lee M. Leshen on 12 Feb.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 28 Jan 2002
Last updated 08/10/2009