US Army, Veteran, Served in Germany, Private 1st Class
*****
Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY, Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Pfc . Raymond Terence Gadbois, 21, of Woodlawn Place, Clinton,
was killed near Grafenwoeks training area in Germany on August I8.
Terence Gadbois was born in Clinton September 15, 1949,
son of Joseph and Alicerose Morgan Gadbois.
He graduated from Clinton Central High School and was employed at the Victory Supermarket.
He was inducted into the Army October 15, 1971 and took his military training at Fort Knox, KY
and Fort Lewis, WA.
He was sent to Kornwestheim near Stuttgart, Germany, on March 24, 1971.
He was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry.
He was a member of St. Mary's Church. Clinton
In addition to his parents,
Terence is also survived by four brothers and one sister, Joseph L. Gadbois, III of Highlands, TX,
Brian Gadbois , aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Newport in the Mediterranean,
David Gadbois, Jonathan Gadbois, and Rosemary Rosemary, all at home;
and his paternal grandfather, Patrick Morgan of Clinton.
----
The funeral for Terence was on September 3, 1971 from the Heintz Funeral Home, Clinton,
and St. Mary's Church, Clinton.
Bearers and full military honors were rendered by an Army detachment from Seneca Armory .
Burial was in St. Mary' s Cemetery, Clinton.
*****
PFC Raymond Terence Gadbois is one of 37 killed when their Boeing CH-47 Chinook exploded at about 1000 feet at a military training area near Pegnitz, Germany. They had departed Dolan Barracks and were headed to Grafenwohr training area. It was the worst U.S. military helicopter crash on record in Europe. He is not included on the Vietnam Memorial because he was killed elsewhere. He is represented on the Remembrance Rug
PEGNITZ, West Germany, Aug. 18, 1971 (AP)—A United States helicopter carrying American troops to a field exercise exploded in the air early this morning, plunged into a hayfield, and all 37 soldiers aboard died in the flaming wreckage. It was the worst training accident involving American troops in West Germany since the end of World War II.
The helicopter, a twin‐engine CH‐47 Chinook, was on its way from Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, to the Grafenwohr training site near the Czechoslovak border. Aboard were a crew of four and 33 members of the 56th Artillery Brigade, a spokesman for the Army said in Heidelberg. Several hours after the crash military policemen said 12 bodies had still not been found.
Witnesses said the helicopter exploded, lost its rear rotor in flight and plunged about 600 feet, smashing into the earth near a clump of trees. The fuselage burst into flames, scorching a circle of ground about 50 yards in diameter. Military authorities said the cause of the accident had not been determined. The Army delayed identification of the dead pending notification of next of kin.
Bavarian police who reached the scene less than 10 minutes after the crash, which occurred at 4:45 A.M., said all aboard burned to death. One of the first Germans on the scene said that four bodies were afire when he arrived.
The helicopter crashed in an area of rolling hills about mile from this town of 9,000 people. The crash site was about 500 yards from the heavily traveled Munich‐Berlin autobahn and 12 miles from Grafenwohr.
German firemen from Pegnitz rushed to the site to fight the flames, which spread to grove of fir trees. United States military police arrived and cordoned off the area.
The rotor that fell off was in a grove of trees about 200 yards from where the helicopter crashed.
A young first lieutenant, dressed in fatigues, a member of the 56th Artillery Group, fought tears as he viewed the scene. "I knew many of the men aboard," he said. "There sure isn't much left."
All that remained of the helicopter was a few piles of smoking ashes, and some metal sheets from the craft scattered over a wide area.
*****
Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY, Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Pfc . Raymond Terence Gadbois, 21, of Woodlawn Place, Clinton,
was killed near Grafenwoeks training area in Germany on August I8.
Terence Gadbois was born in Clinton September 15, 1949,
son of Joseph and Alicerose Morgan Gadbois.
He graduated from Clinton Central High School and was employed at the Victory Supermarket.
He was inducted into the Army October 15, 1971 and took his military training at Fort Knox, KY
and Fort Lewis, WA.
He was sent to Kornwestheim near Stuttgart, Germany, on March 24, 1971.
He was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry.
He was a member of St. Mary's Church. Clinton
In addition to his parents,
Terence is also survived by four brothers and one sister, Joseph L. Gadbois, III of Highlands, TX,
Brian Gadbois , aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Newport in the Mediterranean,
David Gadbois, Jonathan Gadbois, and Rosemary Rosemary, all at home;
and his paternal grandfather, Patrick Morgan of Clinton.
----
The funeral for Terence was on September 3, 1971 from the Heintz Funeral Home, Clinton,
and St. Mary's Church, Clinton.
Bearers and full military honors were rendered by an Army detachment from Seneca Armory .
Burial was in St. Mary' s Cemetery, Clinton.
*****
PFC Raymond Terence Gadbois is one of 37 killed when their Boeing CH-47 Chinook exploded at about 1000 feet at a military training area near Pegnitz, Germany. They had departed Dolan Barracks and were headed to Grafenwohr training area. It was the worst U.S. military helicopter crash on record in Europe. He is not included on the Vietnam Memorial because he was killed elsewhere. He is represented on the Remembrance Rug
PEGNITZ, West Germany, Aug. 18, 1971 (AP)—A United States helicopter carrying American troops to a field exercise exploded in the air early this morning, plunged into a hayfield, and all 37 soldiers aboard died in the flaming wreckage. It was the worst training accident involving American troops in West Germany since the end of World War II.
The helicopter, a twin‐engine CH‐47 Chinook, was on its way from Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, to the Grafenwohr training site near the Czechoslovak border. Aboard were a crew of four and 33 members of the 56th Artillery Brigade, a spokesman for the Army said in Heidelberg. Several hours after the crash military policemen said 12 bodies had still not been found.
Witnesses said the helicopter exploded, lost its rear rotor in flight and plunged about 600 feet, smashing into the earth near a clump of trees. The fuselage burst into flames, scorching a circle of ground about 50 yards in diameter. Military authorities said the cause of the accident had not been determined. The Army delayed identification of the dead pending notification of next of kin.
Bavarian police who reached the scene less than 10 minutes after the crash, which occurred at 4:45 A.M., said all aboard burned to death. One of the first Germans on the scene said that four bodies were afire when he arrived.
The helicopter crashed in an area of rolling hills about mile from this town of 9,000 people. The crash site was about 500 yards from the heavily traveled Munich‐Berlin autobahn and 12 miles from Grafenwohr.
German firemen from Pegnitz rushed to the site to fight the flames, which spread to grove of fir trees. United States military police arrived and cordoned off the area.
The rotor that fell off was in a grove of trees about 200 yards from where the helicopter crashed.
A young first lieutenant, dressed in fatigues, a member of the 56th Artillery Group, fought tears as he viewed the scene. "I knew many of the men aboard," he said. "There sure isn't much left."
All that remained of the helicopter was a few piles of smoking ashes, and some metal sheets from the craft scattered over a wide area.
US Army, Veteran, Served in Germany, Private 1st Class
*****
Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY, Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Pfc . Raymond Terence Gadbois, 21, of Woodlawn Place, Clinton,
was killed near Grafenwoeks training area in Germany on August I8.
Terence Gadbois was born in Clinton September 15, 1949,
son of Joseph and Alicerose Morgan Gadbois.
He graduated from Clinton Central High School and was employed at the Victory Supermarket.
He was inducted into the Army October 15, 1971 and took his military training at Fort Knox, KY
and Fort Lewis, WA.
He was sent to Kornwestheim near Stuttgart, Germany, on March 24, 1971.
He was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry.
He was a member of St. Mary's Church. Clinton
In addition to his parents,
Terence is also survived by four brothers and one sister, Joseph L. Gadbois, III of Highlands, TX,
Brian Gadbois , aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Newport in the Mediterranean,
David Gadbois, Jonathan Gadbois, and Rosemary Rosemary, all at home;
and his paternal grandfather, Patrick Morgan of Clinton.
----
The funeral for Terence was on September 3, 1971 from the Heintz Funeral Home, Clinton,
and St. Mary's Church, Clinton.
Bearers and full military honors were rendered by an Army detachment from Seneca Armory .
Burial was in St. Mary' s Cemetery, Clinton.
*****
PFC Raymond Terence Gadbois is one of 37 killed when their Boeing CH-47 Chinook exploded at about 1000 feet at a military training area near Pegnitz, Germany. They had departed Dolan Barracks and were headed to Grafenwohr training area. It was the worst U.S. military helicopter crash on record in Europe. He is not included on the Vietnam Memorial because he was killed elsewhere. He is represented on the Remembrance Rug
PEGNITZ, West Germany, Aug. 18, 1971 (AP)—A United States helicopter carrying American troops to a field exercise exploded in the air early this morning, plunged into a hayfield, and all 37 soldiers aboard died in the flaming wreckage. It was the worst training accident involving American troops in West Germany since the end of World War II.
The helicopter, a twin‐engine CH‐47 Chinook, was on its way from Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, to the Grafenwohr training site near the Czechoslovak border. Aboard were a crew of four and 33 members of the 56th Artillery Brigade, a spokesman for the Army said in Heidelberg. Several hours after the crash military policemen said 12 bodies had still not been found.
Witnesses said the helicopter exploded, lost its rear rotor in flight and plunged about 600 feet, smashing into the earth near a clump of trees. The fuselage burst into flames, scorching a circle of ground about 50 yards in diameter. Military authorities said the cause of the accident had not been determined. The Army delayed identification of the dead pending notification of next of kin.
Bavarian police who reached the scene less than 10 minutes after the crash, which occurred at 4:45 A.M., said all aboard burned to death. One of the first Germans on the scene said that four bodies were afire when he arrived.
The helicopter crashed in an area of rolling hills about mile from this town of 9,000 people. The crash site was about 500 yards from the heavily traveled Munich‐Berlin autobahn and 12 miles from Grafenwohr.
German firemen from Pegnitz rushed to the site to fight the flames, which spread to grove of fir trees. United States military police arrived and cordoned off the area.
The rotor that fell off was in a grove of trees about 200 yards from where the helicopter crashed.
A young first lieutenant, dressed in fatigues, a member of the 56th Artillery Group, fought tears as he viewed the scene. "I knew many of the men aboard," he said. "There sure isn't much left."
All that remained of the helicopter was a few piles of smoking ashes, and some metal sheets from the craft scattered over a wide area.
*****
Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY, Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Pfc . Raymond Terence Gadbois, 21, of Woodlawn Place, Clinton,
was killed near Grafenwoeks training area in Germany on August I8.
Terence Gadbois was born in Clinton September 15, 1949,
son of Joseph and Alicerose Morgan Gadbois.
He graduated from Clinton Central High School and was employed at the Victory Supermarket.
He was inducted into the Army October 15, 1971 and took his military training at Fort Knox, KY
and Fort Lewis, WA.
He was sent to Kornwestheim near Stuttgart, Germany, on March 24, 1971.
He was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry.
He was a member of St. Mary's Church. Clinton
In addition to his parents,
Terence is also survived by four brothers and one sister, Joseph L. Gadbois, III of Highlands, TX,
Brian Gadbois , aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Newport in the Mediterranean,
David Gadbois, Jonathan Gadbois, and Rosemary Rosemary, all at home;
and his paternal grandfather, Patrick Morgan of Clinton.
----
The funeral for Terence was on September 3, 1971 from the Heintz Funeral Home, Clinton,
and St. Mary's Church, Clinton.
Bearers and full military honors were rendered by an Army detachment from Seneca Armory .
Burial was in St. Mary' s Cemetery, Clinton.
*****
PFC Raymond Terence Gadbois is one of 37 killed when their Boeing CH-47 Chinook exploded at about 1000 feet at a military training area near Pegnitz, Germany. They had departed Dolan Barracks and were headed to Grafenwohr training area. It was the worst U.S. military helicopter crash on record in Europe. He is not included on the Vietnam Memorial because he was killed elsewhere. He is represented on the Remembrance Rug
PEGNITZ, West Germany, Aug. 18, 1971 (AP)—A United States helicopter carrying American troops to a field exercise exploded in the air early this morning, plunged into a hayfield, and all 37 soldiers aboard died in the flaming wreckage. It was the worst training accident involving American troops in West Germany since the end of World War II.
The helicopter, a twin‐engine CH‐47 Chinook, was on its way from Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, to the Grafenwohr training site near the Czechoslovak border. Aboard were a crew of four and 33 members of the 56th Artillery Brigade, a spokesman for the Army said in Heidelberg. Several hours after the crash military policemen said 12 bodies had still not been found.
Witnesses said the helicopter exploded, lost its rear rotor in flight and plunged about 600 feet, smashing into the earth near a clump of trees. The fuselage burst into flames, scorching a circle of ground about 50 yards in diameter. Military authorities said the cause of the accident had not been determined. The Army delayed identification of the dead pending notification of next of kin.
Bavarian police who reached the scene less than 10 minutes after the crash, which occurred at 4:45 A.M., said all aboard burned to death. One of the first Germans on the scene said that four bodies were afire when he arrived.
The helicopter crashed in an area of rolling hills about mile from this town of 9,000 people. The crash site was about 500 yards from the heavily traveled Munich‐Berlin autobahn and 12 miles from Grafenwohr.
German firemen from Pegnitz rushed to the site to fight the flames, which spread to grove of fir trees. United States military police arrived and cordoned off the area.
The rotor that fell off was in a grove of trees about 200 yards from where the helicopter crashed.
A young first lieutenant, dressed in fatigues, a member of the 56th Artillery Group, fought tears as he viewed the scene. "I knew many of the men aboard," he said. "There sure isn't much left."
All that remained of the helicopter was a few piles of smoking ashes, and some metal sheets from the craft scattered over a wide area.
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