Allgood, Frankie Eugene
Marines Lieutenant colonel

Frankie Eugene Allgood, age 37, from Kansas, Bourbon county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, March 26, 1968
Death details: On March 26, 1968, a UH-34D Choctaw (bureau number 144654, call sign “Murry Medevac Chase”) was the wingman aircraft in a flight of two on an emergency medical evacuation mission from Hue-Phu Bai to Da Nang, South Vietnam. The helicopter four crew members and three passengers. During the flight, this Choctaw’s pilot lost sight of the lead aircraft due to weather conditions, and put the aircraft on instruments while continuing to locate the lead helicopter. It was while flying under instrument control that the Choctaw nose-dived into the water. Search and rescue teams responded to the crash site and rescued the pilot and the copilot, but were unable to locate the other two crew members or the three passengers. Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Frankie Eugene Allgood, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Kansas, served with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Air Group, 36, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a patient aboard the helicopter when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, LtCol Allgood is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com