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Name: Edward Joseph Guillory Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Unit: Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery, 54th Artillery Group, II Field Force, Chu Lai Date of Birth: 08 January 1932 (Iowa LA) Home City of Record: DeRidder LA Date of Loss: 18 June 1967 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 143303N 1083012E (BT275115) Status (in 1973): Missing In Action Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: OH23 |
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Other Personnel In Incident: James C. McKittrick; William Lemmons (both missing) Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: SYNOPSIS: SFC Edward Guillory, Lt. William Lemmons and Maj. James McKittrick were aboard an OH23 Raven helicopter on a visual recon mission operating in Quang Tin Province on June 18, 1967. They were to spot artillery targets for the Artillary Battery that McKitrick and Guillory were attached to. At 1845 hours, the helicopter was declared missing. Extensive searches were conducted that night aided by artillery flares and aircraft mounted searchlights, but no trace of the aircraft or crew was found. In the next few days several crash sites were reported and searches made, but all efforts were fruitless. Guillory, Lemmons and McKittrick were classified Missing In Action. There is reason to believe the enemy knows their fates. They are among nearly 2500 Americans still missing in Southeast Asia. When the war ended, and 591 Americans were released in Operation Homecoming in 1973, military experts expressed their dismay that "some hundreds" of POWs did not come home with them. Since that time, thousands of reports have been received, indicating that many Americans are still being held against their will in Southeast Asia. Whether the crew of the OH23 is among them is not known. What is certain, however, is that if only one American remains alive in enemy hands, we owe him our best effort to bring him home. William E. Lemmons and James C. McKittrick were promoted to the rank of Major and Edward J. Guillory was promoted to ther rank of Sergeant Major during the period they were maintained missing. |
I found this report on the web tonight. (4/25/98)
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association
(VHCMA)
Killed in Action (KIA) on
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Panel Number 22E
...Incident Date 670618
| 006 MAJ Dale Don Dwyer | P 11 GS 1 CAV | UH-1C 66-00515 |
| 006 SGM Edward Joseph Guillory | OB USARV FLT DET | OH-23G 64-15194 |
| 007 MAJ William E. Lemmons | P HHC 196 LIB | OH-23G 64-15194 |
| 008 MAJ James Clifford McKittrick | OB USARV FLT DET | OH-23G 64-15194... |
| AC=Aircraft Commander | P=Pilot | CP=Co-pilot | C=Crew Member |
| FE=Flight Engineer | G=Gunner | OB=Observer | CE=Crew Chief |
| IP=Instructor Pilot | MD=Medic | ME=Mechanic | PX=Passenger |
| PP=Pilot Passenger | CX=Crew member | ME=Mechanic | PR=Pararescue Member |
| TI=Technical Observer | FM=Flight Mechanic | RS=Rescue Specialist | FS=Flight Surgeon |
**Please send additions or corrections (about the quoted section) to:
Gary Roush Email address: webmaster@vhpa.org
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