LCpl Eakins #
MOS:
HMM-262 MAG 39 1ST MAW
Melvin and 11 others crashed in Vietnam all aboard were killed, they had a mid-air collision with another helicopter, the passengers of the other helicopter survived and managed to land the crippled aircraft. ~Rex Owens
Twelve men died in the CH-46D (BuNo 152559):
• From HMM-262: ◦ 1st Lt Robert E Trigalet, pilot
◦1st Lt Thomas E Williams Jr, copilot
◦ LCpl Melvin Warren Eakins, crew chief
◦ LCpl Timothy H Pyle, gunner
◦ LCpl Larry D Stollar, gunner (H&MS-39)
• From Fox Company, 2/4 Marines: ◦ 1stLt Gary Earl Holtzclaw
◦ 1st Sgt James H Summer
◦ Sgt Richard B Bennett
◦ LCpl Troy E Powell
◦ LCpl Charles H Shelton
◦ PFC David F Osborne
◦ PFC Stephen A Vix Jr
MOS:
HMM-262 MAG 39 1ST MAW
Melvin and 11 others crashed in Vietnam all aboard were killed, they had a mid-air collision with another helicopter, the passengers of the other helicopter survived and managed to land the crippled aircraft. ~Rex Owens
Twelve men died in the CH-46D (BuNo 152559):
• From HMM-262: ◦ 1st Lt Robert E Trigalet, pilot
◦1st Lt Thomas E Williams Jr, copilot
◦ LCpl Melvin Warren Eakins, crew chief
◦ LCpl Timothy H Pyle, gunner
◦ LCpl Larry D Stollar, gunner (H&MS-39)
• From Fox Company, 2/4 Marines: ◦ 1stLt Gary Earl Holtzclaw
◦ 1st Sgt James H Summer
◦ Sgt Richard B Bennett
◦ LCpl Troy E Powell
◦ LCpl Charles H Shelton
◦ PFC David F Osborne
◦ PFC Stephen A Vix Jr
LCpl Eakins #
MOS:
HMM-262 MAG 39 1ST MAW
Melvin and 11 others crashed in Vietnam all aboard were killed, they had a mid-air collision with another helicopter, the passengers of the other helicopter survived and managed to land the crippled aircraft. ~Rex Owens
Twelve men died in the CH-46D (BuNo 152559):
• From HMM-262: ◦ 1st Lt Robert E Trigalet, pilot
◦1st Lt Thomas E Williams Jr, copilot
◦ LCpl Melvin Warren Eakins, crew chief
◦ LCpl Timothy H Pyle, gunner
◦ LCpl Larry D Stollar, gunner (H&MS-39)
• From Fox Company, 2/4 Marines: ◦ 1stLt Gary Earl Holtzclaw
◦ 1st Sgt James H Summer
◦ Sgt Richard B Bennett
◦ LCpl Troy E Powell
◦ LCpl Charles H Shelton
◦ PFC David F Osborne
◦ PFC Stephen A Vix Jr
MOS:
HMM-262 MAG 39 1ST MAW
Melvin and 11 others crashed in Vietnam all aboard were killed, they had a mid-air collision with another helicopter, the passengers of the other helicopter survived and managed to land the crippled aircraft. ~Rex Owens
Twelve men died in the CH-46D (BuNo 152559):
• From HMM-262: ◦ 1st Lt Robert E Trigalet, pilot
◦1st Lt Thomas E Williams Jr, copilot
◦ LCpl Melvin Warren Eakins, crew chief
◦ LCpl Timothy H Pyle, gunner
◦ LCpl Larry D Stollar, gunner (H&MS-39)
• From Fox Company, 2/4 Marines: ◦ 1stLt Gary Earl Holtzclaw
◦ 1st Sgt James H Summer
◦ Sgt Richard B Bennett
◦ LCpl Troy E Powell
◦ LCpl Charles H Shelton
◦ PFC David F Osborne
◦ PFC Stephen A Vix Jr
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