02 Mar 2005 Dear Richard, Still remembered. God Bless and Semper Fi Arlene and Family Valdosta, Ga. georgianana10@yahoo.com

 

21 Mar 2006 I purchased Major Miller's bracelet to always remind me of our fallen brothers in arms, and to aid in the cost of finding them all. I wear it every day, and I always will until he comes home. Joe W. USAF ROTC E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The Marine Air Group 36 (MAG-36) Command Chronology for November 1965 contains the following entry: "22 November 1965 - An emergency lift was made by HMM-362 to relieve the ARVN outpost at THACH TRU, south of Quang Ngai. The mission was successfully completed in very poor weather conditions which apparently caused the loss of YL-36, last seen in IFR conditions in a climbing turn at night over the sea, northeast of Quang Ngai. To date no sign of the aircraft or crew has been found, and it is assumed that it crashed at sea with the loss of all hands: 1stLt F VISCONTI, 1stLt R A MILLER, Cpl V J PIRKER and Cpl J E DOUGLAS." "YL-36" was the side number for UH-34D Bureau Number 147180. All four crewmen were carried as Missing in Action, and promoted while in that status, until the Secretary of the Navy approved Presumptive Findings of Death for them on the dates indicated below: Major Francis E. Visconti, Syracuse, NY, pilot (10/15/1973) Major Richard A. Miller, New York, NY, copilot (01/21/1975) GySgt Victor J. Pirker, Trout Creek, MT, gunner (01/31/1974) SSgt Thomas E. Douglas, Northwest Warren, OH, crew chief (12/21/1977) Further information is available on the USMC Combat Helicopter Association site

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