Stanley Garwood Johnson
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34
Entered the Service From: Applegate, California
Date of Birth: November 11, 1940
Date of Death: December 03, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Johnson was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34, Marine Attack Group 3, 1st Marine Air Wing.
On December 3, 1965, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) in a group of six UH-34D's carrying a full complement of South Vietnamese troops to Heip Duc just west of Tam Ky, South Vietnam.
His aircraft was hit by ground fire, burned and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Ken Gross relates, "We tried to go in as high as possible, though we were limited by somewhat low ceilings, which may have placed us approximately 2000 feet above ground level. The flight was normal cruise when we reached the vicinity of UTM grid coordinates BY031273 where Viet Cong fired on us with time delay fused mortars. Unfortunately Capt. Riley's aircraft received a direct hit in the belly, where the fuel tanks were located, they never stood a chance. Capt. Riley tried desperately to get the aircraft on the ground, but it was burning so fiercely he appeared to lose control and the aircraft rolled inverted and crashed.
No one survived".
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Father--Harry E Johnson
Mother--Virginia Margaret Schley Johnson
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34
Entered the Service From: Applegate, California
Date of Birth: November 11, 1940
Date of Death: December 03, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Johnson was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34, Marine Attack Group 3, 1st Marine Air Wing.
On December 3, 1965, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) in a group of six UH-34D's carrying a full complement of South Vietnamese troops to Heip Duc just west of Tam Ky, South Vietnam.
His aircraft was hit by ground fire, burned and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Ken Gross relates, "We tried to go in as high as possible, though we were limited by somewhat low ceilings, which may have placed us approximately 2000 feet above ground level. The flight was normal cruise when we reached the vicinity of UTM grid coordinates BY031273 where Viet Cong fired on us with time delay fused mortars. Unfortunately Capt. Riley's aircraft received a direct hit in the belly, where the fuel tanks were located, they never stood a chance. Capt. Riley tried desperately to get the aircraft on the ground, but it was burning so fiercely he appeared to lose control and the aircraft rolled inverted and crashed.
No one survived".
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Father--Harry E Johnson
Mother--Virginia Margaret Schley Johnson
Stanley Garwood Johnson
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34
Entered the Service From: Applegate, California
Date of Birth: November 11, 1940
Date of Death: December 03, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Johnson was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34, Marine Attack Group 3, 1st Marine Air Wing.
On December 3, 1965, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) in a group of six UH-34D's carrying a full complement of South Vietnamese troops to Heip Duc just west of Tam Ky, South Vietnam.
His aircraft was hit by ground fire, burned and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
==============
Ken Gross relates, "We tried to go in as high as possible, though we were limited by somewhat low ceilings, which may have placed us approximately 2000 feet above ground level. The flight was normal cruise when we reached the vicinity of UTM grid coordinates BY031273 where Viet Cong fired on us with time delay fused mortars. Unfortunately Capt. Riley's aircraft received a direct hit in the belly, where the fuel tanks were located, they never stood a chance. Capt. Riley tried desperately to get the aircraft on the ground, but it was burning so fiercely he appeared to lose control and the aircraft rolled inverted and crashed.
No one survived".
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Father--Harry E Johnson
Mother--Virginia Margaret Schley Johnson
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34
Entered the Service From: Applegate, California
Date of Birth: November 11, 1940
Date of Death: December 03, 1965
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Johnson was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 34, Marine Attack Group 3, 1st Marine Air Wing.
On December 3, 1965, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) in a group of six UH-34D's carrying a full complement of South Vietnamese troops to Heip Duc just west of Tam Ky, South Vietnam.
His aircraft was hit by ground fire, burned and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
==============
Ken Gross relates, "We tried to go in as high as possible, though we were limited by somewhat low ceilings, which may have placed us approximately 2000 feet above ground level. The flight was normal cruise when we reached the vicinity of UTM grid coordinates BY031273 where Viet Cong fired on us with time delay fused mortars. Unfortunately Capt. Riley's aircraft received a direct hit in the belly, where the fuel tanks were located, they never stood a chance. Capt. Riley tried desperately to get the aircraft on the ground, but it was burning so fiercely he appeared to lose control and the aircraft rolled inverted and crashed.
No one survived".
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Father--Harry E Johnson
Mother--Virginia Margaret Schley Johnson
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