Peter Ray Goodnight
Chief Warrant Officer
174TH AHC, 14TH AVN BN, 16TH AVN GROUP, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Pacoima, California
January 01, 1950 to October 11, 1970
PETER R GOODNIGHT is on the Wall at Panel W7, Line 125

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11 Apr 2002

Peter Ray Goodnight was a CW2 flying for the 174th AHC when he died in 1970. I took this picture of him in Duc Pho in August of 1970 . . . What a great sense of humor he had.

From a friend and comrade-in-arms,
Fred Thompson
174th AHC 70-71 . . . Shark 7
fdtthom@gte.net


 
30 Apr 2005

My name is Terrance Mulryan and Peter Goodnight was my
friend and classmate in flight school. (US Army, WOC 69-35).

It is now 36 years later and as I look at our class picture at this
moment, I think of Peter's smile and bald head with a quiet and
humble fondness for his friendship and sacrifice. It truly seems
like only three minutes have passed since that time.

I pray that his family is at peace and that his friends remember
Peter for who he was - a Christian man who always wore a smile.
He remains today and forever my friend. I pray that we meet again
so that he can say again, "Hey Mully, let's go fly".

I also honor the following young men of Class 69-35
with whom I shared a moment in time
and will honor and remember for as long as I live:

Franklin Hamm
Thomas Michehl
William Royal

From a friend,
Terrance Mulryan
tnmulryan@aladdinsoft.com


 
05 Mar 2008

I knew Peter's brother, Phillip. We all went to the same elementary school in Pacoima. I didn't know Peter, though.

Michele Fentriss
E-mail address is not available.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The casualty database indicates that Warrant Officer Goodnight died in an operational helicopter crash but he didn't - he was killed by an accidental rifle discharge while on the ground at Hill 411, 6 miles west of Quang Ngai City.

Mr. Mulryan names three other men from his Warrant Officer class who died in Vietnam. They are

  • CWO Franklin A. Hamm (Little Rock, Arkansas) killed in action with SGT Bruce C. Halbach (Stacyville, Iowa) while flying OH-6A tail number 67-16391 on 19 Nov 1970. Both of C Troop 2/17 Cavalry.

  • CWO Thomas C. Michehl (Santa Maria, California), one of four men from the 128th AHC who died in the loss of UH-1H tail number 68-16313 on 01 June 1971.

  • CWO William E. Royal (Screven, Georgia) who was killed with SP4 William B. Beardsley (Bath, Michigan) when OH-6A tail number 67-16037 was shot down on 20 March 1971. Both of C Troop, 16th Cavalry.

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