Ernest Frank Briggs, JrSergeant First Class411TH TRANS DET, 176TH AHC, 14TH AVN BN, AMERICAL DIV Army of the United States 12 December 1944 - 03 April 1978 Devine, Texas Panel 33E Line 044 |
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 05 Jan 1968 the 176th Assault Helicopter Company was tasked with inserting a recon unit into Laos, near Muong Nong village some, 41 kilometers south-southwest of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. As the aircraft approached the insertion point it was hit by 37mm anti-aircraft fire, crashed, and burned. Five Americans and an unknown number of Vietnamese recon troops died in the crash. The area was too "hot" to insert ground troops, and aerial observation of the wreckage seemed to make it clear that the crash was not survivable. Never the less, the five Americans were classed as Missing in Action and carried in that status until the Secretary of the Army approved Presumptive Findings of Death on the dates given below:
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 01 Jul 2006
Last updated 08/29/2007