In Memory of ......... SMAJ Joe Harold Pringle.
*** Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 2, 1968, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam. On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOE HAROLD PRINGLE - Army SMAJ E9 1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Age: 49
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 28, 1929
From: HORNER, WV
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Grace Irene Pringle, Born May 2, 1925 in Newark, Ohio and died July 19, 1999 in Pataskala, Licking Co., Ohio at the age of 74 yrs old. She is buried beside his marker. Oldest Son, Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala and youngest son, Bobby Pringle.
Maternal Grandparents are FGather's Surname: Haynes and GMother's Surname: Woodruff.
***** Joe,
Your son has gone to join you but your family left here on earth does not forget. We remember you and prey you are at peace.
Richard Pringle
Cousin
*****My mother and Gracy were good friends and before leaving for Vietnam Joe gave me an army truck with rocket launcher.I kept it till a recent fire destroyed my home.His bracelet survived though and i still wear it on memorial day and veterans day and will until he comes home or i leave this world I too was drafted during the war and think of him and his family often feel free to contact me Shawn fuller [email protected] son of edith fuller if anyone in joes family would like his bracelet ive had since 1969 please contact me
shawn fuller
Nov. 10, 2013
His tour began on Feb 2, 1968
Casualty was on Feb. 2, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
Other Personnel In Incident: Kenneth J. Patton; Charles Adkins; Joseph Puggi; Donald Burnham (all missing)
Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 2, 1968, Donald Burnham was the pilot of a UH1H helicopter (#66-16442) that departed Camp Evans, Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam for Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam. Sgt. Joe Pringle was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
The personnel aboard the aircraft were all members of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.
On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost.
His remains were not recovered.
*********************************
Never say die - Family of soldier missing 41 years holds out hope he survived - Monday, May 25, 2009 3:06 AM
By Jeb Phillips
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala still thinks it's possible his father, Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle, survived the crash of his Huey helicopter in Vietnam more than 41 years ago.
Fred Pringle was 5 years old when his father's helicopter went down in Vietnam. Joe Harold Pringle would be 79 if he had lived, Fred says.
On Feb. 2, 1968, a ground controller in Vietnam lost contact with the Huey helicopter carrying Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle and four others.
Nearly four months later, on May 28, the burned wreckage of a helicopter was spotted about 12 miles from DaNang. A Marine search party found bone fragments, weapons and one of Pringle's two identification dog tags, according to an official report. One way of looking at the report was to conclude that everyone on board was killed.
Pringle's family, especially his wife in Columbus, did not see it that way. "She believed he was still alive," said the couple's oldest son, Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle.
In the Pringle case, the search party found only one dog tag, so maybe, the family speculated, he had gotten away with the other.
Because of the number of people on board and the type of helicopter, a certain number of weapons should have been recovered. But one was missing, Pringle's son said.
Fred Pringle was 5 when his father's helicopter went down. He lives in Pataskala in Licking County and has folders full of his father's service records and information on his case. He has always tried to keep his father in mind during his own military service.
Joe Pringle was a woodsman who hunted and fished and would have known how to survive without much help, said a first cousin, Bernie Pringle, 74, of the South Side. The pair grew up together in West Virginia.
He was also an Army vehicle and helicopter mechanic -- a member of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division -- so he was good with his hands.
The technology of the time didn't allow for detailed examination of the bone fragments, and as far as Fred Pringle knows, they were cremated.
Nothing ever absolutely indicated that his father was dead. The military listed him as missing in action. During the next 10 years, the Army promoted him in absentia to master sergeant,then to sergeant major,the highest noncommissioned officer rank.
The military offered Pringle's widow, Grace Irene Pringle, a memorial service with full honors. She didn't want it.
Fred Pringle persuaded his mother to go through with the memorial service. His father deserved the ceremony, he said, and there was no guarantee that a chance for a full military funeral would come around again.
So at Newark Memorial Gardens, an honor guard folded a flag, played taps and fired a rifle volley. Joe Pringle has a headstone but no casket. "An empty grave," said his youngest son, Bobby Pringle, 45, who lives on the Far East Side. "It was an empty feeling."
Joe Pringle's widow died in 1999, always believing. She is buried beside his marker.
Bobby says he hopes that one day he'll finally know what happened. Bobby is in maintenance at Ohio State University Medical Center. Good with his hands, like his father.
Fred says his father would be 79 if he had lived. He knows that survival would have been unlikely. He will visit his father's marker today and make sure it has an American flag.
But even Fred,a senior officer with the 654th Quartermaster Detachment who knows how war works, still wonders.
"There is always a sliver of hope," he said.
******************************
.
*** Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 2, 1968, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam. On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOE HAROLD PRINGLE - Army SMAJ E9 1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Age: 49
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 28, 1929
From: HORNER, WV
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Grace Irene Pringle, Born May 2, 1925 in Newark, Ohio and died July 19, 1999 in Pataskala, Licking Co., Ohio at the age of 74 yrs old. She is buried beside his marker. Oldest Son, Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala and youngest son, Bobby Pringle.
Maternal Grandparents are FGather's Surname: Haynes and GMother's Surname: Woodruff.
***** Joe,
Your son has gone to join you but your family left here on earth does not forget. We remember you and prey you are at peace.
Richard Pringle
Cousin
*****My mother and Gracy were good friends and before leaving for Vietnam Joe gave me an army truck with rocket launcher.I kept it till a recent fire destroyed my home.His bracelet survived though and i still wear it on memorial day and veterans day and will until he comes home or i leave this world I too was drafted during the war and think of him and his family often feel free to contact me Shawn fuller [email protected] son of edith fuller if anyone in joes family would like his bracelet ive had since 1969 please contact me
shawn fuller
Nov. 10, 2013
His tour began on Feb 2, 1968
Casualty was on Feb. 2, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
Other Personnel In Incident: Kenneth J. Patton; Charles Adkins; Joseph Puggi; Donald Burnham (all missing)
Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 2, 1968, Donald Burnham was the pilot of a UH1H helicopter (#66-16442) that departed Camp Evans, Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam for Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam. Sgt. Joe Pringle was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
The personnel aboard the aircraft were all members of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.
On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost.
His remains were not recovered.
*********************************
Never say die - Family of soldier missing 41 years holds out hope he survived - Monday, May 25, 2009 3:06 AM
By Jeb Phillips
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala still thinks it's possible his father, Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle, survived the crash of his Huey helicopter in Vietnam more than 41 years ago.
Fred Pringle was 5 years old when his father's helicopter went down in Vietnam. Joe Harold Pringle would be 79 if he had lived, Fred says.
On Feb. 2, 1968, a ground controller in Vietnam lost contact with the Huey helicopter carrying Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle and four others.
Nearly four months later, on May 28, the burned wreckage of a helicopter was spotted about 12 miles from DaNang. A Marine search party found bone fragments, weapons and one of Pringle's two identification dog tags, according to an official report. One way of looking at the report was to conclude that everyone on board was killed.
Pringle's family, especially his wife in Columbus, did not see it that way. "She believed he was still alive," said the couple's oldest son, Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle.
In the Pringle case, the search party found only one dog tag, so maybe, the family speculated, he had gotten away with the other.
Because of the number of people on board and the type of helicopter, a certain number of weapons should have been recovered. But one was missing, Pringle's son said.
Fred Pringle was 5 when his father's helicopter went down. He lives in Pataskala in Licking County and has folders full of his father's service records and information on his case. He has always tried to keep his father in mind during his own military service.
Joe Pringle was a woodsman who hunted and fished and would have known how to survive without much help, said a first cousin, Bernie Pringle, 74, of the South Side. The pair grew up together in West Virginia.
He was also an Army vehicle and helicopter mechanic -- a member of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division -- so he was good with his hands.
The technology of the time didn't allow for detailed examination of the bone fragments, and as far as Fred Pringle knows, they were cremated.
Nothing ever absolutely indicated that his father was dead. The military listed him as missing in action. During the next 10 years, the Army promoted him in absentia to master sergeant,then to sergeant major,the highest noncommissioned officer rank.
The military offered Pringle's widow, Grace Irene Pringle, a memorial service with full honors. She didn't want it.
Fred Pringle persuaded his mother to go through with the memorial service. His father deserved the ceremony, he said, and there was no guarantee that a chance for a full military funeral would come around again.
So at Newark Memorial Gardens, an honor guard folded a flag, played taps and fired a rifle volley. Joe Pringle has a headstone but no casket. "An empty grave," said his youngest son, Bobby Pringle, 45, who lives on the Far East Side. "It was an empty feeling."
Joe Pringle's widow died in 1999, always believing. She is buried beside his marker.
Bobby says he hopes that one day he'll finally know what happened. Bobby is in maintenance at Ohio State University Medical Center. Good with his hands, like his father.
Fred says his father would be 79 if he had lived. He knows that survival would have been unlikely. He will visit his father's marker today and make sure it has an American flag.
But even Fred,a senior officer with the 654th Quartermaster Detachment who knows how war works, still wonders.
"There is always a sliver of hope," he said.
******************************
.
In Memory of ......... SMAJ Joe Harold Pringle.
*** Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 2, 1968, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam. On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOE HAROLD PRINGLE - Army SMAJ E9 1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Age: 49
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 28, 1929
From: HORNER, WV
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Grace Irene Pringle, Born May 2, 1925 in Newark, Ohio and died July 19, 1999 in Pataskala, Licking Co., Ohio at the age of 74 yrs old. She is buried beside his marker. Oldest Son, Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala and youngest son, Bobby Pringle.
Maternal Grandparents are FGather's Surname: Haynes and GMother's Surname: Woodruff.
***** Joe,
Your son has gone to join you but your family left here on earth does not forget. We remember you and prey you are at peace.
Richard Pringle
Cousin
*****My mother and Gracy were good friends and before leaving for Vietnam Joe gave me an army truck with rocket launcher.I kept it till a recent fire destroyed my home.His bracelet survived though and i still wear it on memorial day and veterans day and will until he comes home or i leave this world I too was drafted during the war and think of him and his family often feel free to contact me Shawn fuller [email protected] son of edith fuller if anyone in joes family would like his bracelet ive had since 1969 please contact me
shawn fuller
Nov. 10, 2013
His tour began on Feb 2, 1968
Casualty was on Feb. 2, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
Other Personnel In Incident: Kenneth J. Patton; Charles Adkins; Joseph Puggi; Donald Burnham (all missing)
Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 2, 1968, Donald Burnham was the pilot of a UH1H helicopter (#66-16442) that departed Camp Evans, Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam for Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam. Sgt. Joe Pringle was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
The personnel aboard the aircraft were all members of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.
On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost.
His remains were not recovered.
*********************************
Never say die - Family of soldier missing 41 years holds out hope he survived - Monday, May 25, 2009 3:06 AM
By Jeb Phillips
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala still thinks it's possible his father, Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle, survived the crash of his Huey helicopter in Vietnam more than 41 years ago.
Fred Pringle was 5 years old when his father's helicopter went down in Vietnam. Joe Harold Pringle would be 79 if he had lived, Fred says.
On Feb. 2, 1968, a ground controller in Vietnam lost contact with the Huey helicopter carrying Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle and four others.
Nearly four months later, on May 28, the burned wreckage of a helicopter was spotted about 12 miles from DaNang. A Marine search party found bone fragments, weapons and one of Pringle's two identification dog tags, according to an official report. One way of looking at the report was to conclude that everyone on board was killed.
Pringle's family, especially his wife in Columbus, did not see it that way. "She believed he was still alive," said the couple's oldest son, Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle.
In the Pringle case, the search party found only one dog tag, so maybe, the family speculated, he had gotten away with the other.
Because of the number of people on board and the type of helicopter, a certain number of weapons should have been recovered. But one was missing, Pringle's son said.
Fred Pringle was 5 when his father's helicopter went down. He lives in Pataskala in Licking County and has folders full of his father's service records and information on his case. He has always tried to keep his father in mind during his own military service.
Joe Pringle was a woodsman who hunted and fished and would have known how to survive without much help, said a first cousin, Bernie Pringle, 74, of the South Side. The pair grew up together in West Virginia.
He was also an Army vehicle and helicopter mechanic -- a member of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division -- so he was good with his hands.
The technology of the time didn't allow for detailed examination of the bone fragments, and as far as Fred Pringle knows, they were cremated.
Nothing ever absolutely indicated that his father was dead. The military listed him as missing in action. During the next 10 years, the Army promoted him in absentia to master sergeant,then to sergeant major,the highest noncommissioned officer rank.
The military offered Pringle's widow, Grace Irene Pringle, a memorial service with full honors. She didn't want it.
Fred Pringle persuaded his mother to go through with the memorial service. His father deserved the ceremony, he said, and there was no guarantee that a chance for a full military funeral would come around again.
So at Newark Memorial Gardens, an honor guard folded a flag, played taps and fired a rifle volley. Joe Pringle has a headstone but no casket. "An empty grave," said his youngest son, Bobby Pringle, 45, who lives on the Far East Side. "It was an empty feeling."
Joe Pringle's widow died in 1999, always believing. She is buried beside his marker.
Bobby says he hopes that one day he'll finally know what happened. Bobby is in maintenance at Ohio State University Medical Center. Good with his hands, like his father.
Fred says his father would be 79 if he had lived. He knows that survival would have been unlikely. He will visit his father's marker today and make sure it has an American flag.
But even Fred,a senior officer with the 654th Quartermaster Detachment who knows how war works, still wonders.
"There is always a sliver of hope," he said.
******************************
.
*** Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 2, 1968, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam. On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOE HAROLD PRINGLE - Army SMAJ E9 1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Age: 49
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 28, 1929
From: HORNER, WV
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Grace Irene Pringle, Born May 2, 1925 in Newark, Ohio and died July 19, 1999 in Pataskala, Licking Co., Ohio at the age of 74 yrs old. She is buried beside his marker. Oldest Son, Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala and youngest son, Bobby Pringle.
Maternal Grandparents are FGather's Surname: Haynes and GMother's Surname: Woodruff.
***** Joe,
Your son has gone to join you but your family left here on earth does not forget. We remember you and prey you are at peace.
Richard Pringle
Cousin
*****My mother and Gracy were good friends and before leaving for Vietnam Joe gave me an army truck with rocket launcher.I kept it till a recent fire destroyed my home.His bracelet survived though and i still wear it on memorial day and veterans day and will until he comes home or i leave this world I too was drafted during the war and think of him and his family often feel free to contact me Shawn fuller [email protected] son of edith fuller if anyone in joes family would like his bracelet ive had since 1969 please contact me
shawn fuller
Nov. 10, 2013
His tour began on Feb 2, 1968
Casualty was on Feb. 2, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
Other Personnel In Incident: Kenneth J. Patton; Charles Adkins; Joseph Puggi; Donald Burnham (all missing)
Sergeant Major Pringle was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 2, 1968, Donald Burnham was the pilot of a UH1H helicopter (#66-16442) that departed Camp Evans, Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam for Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam. Sgt. Joe Pringle was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) from Camp Evans, Quang Tri Province to Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
The personnel aboard the aircraft were all members of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.
On the approach to Da Nang contact with the aircraft was lost.
His remains were not recovered.
*********************************
Never say die - Family of soldier missing 41 years holds out hope he survived - Monday, May 25, 2009 3:06 AM
By Jeb Phillips
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle of Pataskala still thinks it's possible his father, Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle, survived the crash of his Huey helicopter in Vietnam more than 41 years ago.
Fred Pringle was 5 years old when his father's helicopter went down in Vietnam. Joe Harold Pringle would be 79 if he had lived, Fred says.
On Feb. 2, 1968, a ground controller in Vietnam lost contact with the Huey helicopter carrying Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Harold Pringle and four others.
Nearly four months later, on May 28, the burned wreckage of a helicopter was spotted about 12 miles from DaNang. A Marine search party found bone fragments, weapons and one of Pringle's two identification dog tags, according to an official report. One way of looking at the report was to conclude that everyone on board was killed.
Pringle's family, especially his wife in Columbus, did not see it that way. "She believed he was still alive," said the couple's oldest son, Army Reserve Lt. Col. Fred Pringle.
In the Pringle case, the search party found only one dog tag, so maybe, the family speculated, he had gotten away with the other.
Because of the number of people on board and the type of helicopter, a certain number of weapons should have been recovered. But one was missing, Pringle's son said.
Fred Pringle was 5 when his father's helicopter went down. He lives in Pataskala in Licking County and has folders full of his father's service records and information on his case. He has always tried to keep his father in mind during his own military service.
Joe Pringle was a woodsman who hunted and fished and would have known how to survive without much help, said a first cousin, Bernie Pringle, 74, of the South Side. The pair grew up together in West Virginia.
He was also an Army vehicle and helicopter mechanic -- a member of B Troop, 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division -- so he was good with his hands.
The technology of the time didn't allow for detailed examination of the bone fragments, and as far as Fred Pringle knows, they were cremated.
Nothing ever absolutely indicated that his father was dead. The military listed him as missing in action. During the next 10 years, the Army promoted him in absentia to master sergeant,then to sergeant major,the highest noncommissioned officer rank.
The military offered Pringle's widow, Grace Irene Pringle, a memorial service with full honors. She didn't want it.
Fred Pringle persuaded his mother to go through with the memorial service. His father deserved the ceremony, he said, and there was no guarantee that a chance for a full military funeral would come around again.
So at Newark Memorial Gardens, an honor guard folded a flag, played taps and fired a rifle volley. Joe Pringle has a headstone but no casket. "An empty grave," said his youngest son, Bobby Pringle, 45, who lives on the Far East Side. "It was an empty feeling."
Joe Pringle's widow died in 1999, always believing. She is buried beside his marker.
Bobby says he hopes that one day he'll finally know what happened. Bobby is in maintenance at Ohio State University Medical Center. Good with his hands, like his father.
Fred says his father would be 79 if he had lived. He knows that survival would have been unlikely. He will visit his father's marker today and make sure it has an American flag.
But even Fred,a senior officer with the 654th Quartermaster Detachment who knows how war works, still wonders.
"There is always a sliver of hope," he said.
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