Please see the following memorials for additional information and/or family links:
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - PLOT Panel 7E, Line 127 - MEMORIAL ID 228545276
and
BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA - PLOT Section 65, Site 1414 - MEMORIAL ID 93629526
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Thomas Franklin Case
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Thomson, Georgia
Date of Birth: October 31, 1922
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Colonel Case was a member of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, he was the pilot of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam. As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on February 19, 1987. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Colonel Thomas Franklin Case, Served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Wing, 7th Air Force.
Maj Thomas F. Case was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat "V" for heroism while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 31 May 1966.
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Personnel In Incident: The ten men lost that night were:
61st Troop Carrier Squadron (C-130 64-0511)
Major Thomas F. Case
Captain Emmett R. McDonald
1LT William R. Edmondson
CPT Armon D. Shingledecker
1Lt Harold J. Zook
SSgt Bobby J. Alberton
A1C Elroy E. Harworth
A1C Philip J. Stickney
555th Tac Ftr Sqd (F-4C 63-7664)
Col. Dayton Ragland
1LT Ned R. Herrold
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - PLOT Panel 7E, Line 127 - MEMORIAL ID 228545276
and
BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA - PLOT Section 65, Site 1414 - MEMORIAL ID 93629526
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Thomas Franklin Case
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Thomson, Georgia
Date of Birth: October 31, 1922
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Colonel Case was a member of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, he was the pilot of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam. As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on February 19, 1987. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Colonel Thomas Franklin Case, Served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Wing, 7th Air Force.
Maj Thomas F. Case was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat "V" for heroism while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 31 May 1966.
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Personnel In Incident: The ten men lost that night were:
61st Troop Carrier Squadron (C-130 64-0511)
Major Thomas F. Case
Captain Emmett R. McDonald
1LT William R. Edmondson
CPT Armon D. Shingledecker
1Lt Harold J. Zook
SSgt Bobby J. Alberton
A1C Elroy E. Harworth
A1C Philip J. Stickney
555th Tac Ftr Sqd (F-4C 63-7664)
Col. Dayton Ragland
1LT Ned R. Herrold
Please see the following memorials for additional information and/or family links:
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - PLOT Panel 7E, Line 127 - MEMORIAL ID 228545276
and
BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA - PLOT Section 65, Site 1414 - MEMORIAL ID 93629526
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Thomas Franklin Case
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Thomson, Georgia
Date of Birth: October 31, 1922
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Colonel Case was a member of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, he was the pilot of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam. As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on February 19, 1987. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Colonel Thomas Franklin Case, Served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Wing, 7th Air Force.
Maj Thomas F. Case was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat "V" for heroism while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 31 May 1966.
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Personnel In Incident: The ten men lost that night were:
61st Troop Carrier Squadron (C-130 64-0511)
Major Thomas F. Case
Captain Emmett R. McDonald
1LT William R. Edmondson
CPT Armon D. Shingledecker
1Lt Harold J. Zook
SSgt Bobby J. Alberton
A1C Elroy E. Harworth
A1C Philip J. Stickney
555th Tac Ftr Sqd (F-4C 63-7664)
Col. Dayton Ragland
1LT Ned R. Herrold
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - PLOT Panel 7E, Line 127 - MEMORIAL ID 228545276
and
BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA - PLOT Section 65, Site 1414 - MEMORIAL ID 93629526
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Thomas Franklin Case
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Thomson, Georgia
Date of Birth: October 31, 1922
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Colonel Case was a member of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, he was the pilot of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam. As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on February 19, 1987. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Colonel Thomas Franklin Case, Served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Wing, 7th Air Force.
Maj Thomas F. Case was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat "V" for heroism while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 31 May 1966.
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Personnel In Incident: The ten men lost that night were:
61st Troop Carrier Squadron (C-130 64-0511)
Major Thomas F. Case
Captain Emmett R. McDonald
1LT William R. Edmondson
CPT Armon D. Shingledecker
1Lt Harold J. Zook
SSgt Bobby J. Alberton
A1C Elroy E. Harworth
A1C Philip J. Stickney
555th Tac Ftr Sqd (F-4C 63-7664)
Col. Dayton Ragland
1LT Ned R. Herrold
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