John Spurgeon Sprewell
Captain
135TH AHC, 214TH AVN BN, 164TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Carrollton, Georgia
December 20, 1946 to May 19, 1970
JOHN S SPREWELL is on the Wall at Panel W10, Line 67

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Mission Notes

On 19 May 1970 four men of the 135th Assault Helicopter Company died when their UH-1C gunship (tail number 66-00527) was shot down by a quad-50 caliber antiaircraft gun about three miles east of Cai Ba:
  • 1LT Lanny Guy Ladouceur, pilot
  • CPT John Spurgeon Sprewell, copilot
  • SP5 Larry Evans Stone, gunner
  • PFC Richard Lee Herrington, Jr, crew chief
A second gunship was hit and seriously damaged by the same AAA site but was able to return to base with the four crewmen alive. PFC Herrington was flying in place of 527's regular crew chief, William Hysmith.

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