Gary Wayne Tawney

Specialist Five
162ND AHC, 13TH AVN BN, 164TH AVN GRP, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
12 November 1949 - 11 January 1972
Charleston, West Virginia
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1 AVN BDE

162ND AHC 		Army Aircrew

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

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5 Jul 2004

Wayne, just thinking about you the other day, and all the fun we had running around before Nam. Was thinking about the last time I saw you. It was when you stopped by Fort Knox to see me, before you went back to Nam. I finally found your gravesite, thanks to Charlie Snyder. Just to let ya know, you are still remembered.

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Four men from the 162nd Assault Helicopter Company were killed when their UH-1C (tail number 65-09543) was shot down about 8 miles south of Ca Mau while providing gunship escort for CH-47s on a resupply sortie:
  • CPT Robert W. Vehling, Greenwood, IN
  • WO John D. Eddy, Ann Arbor, MI
  • SGT Leonard H. Mantooth, Louisville, KY
  • SP5 Gary W. Tawney, Charleston, WV




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