Joe Wofford Eubanks, age 25, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, June 2, 1972
Death details: Eubanks was flying as aircraft commander on an ARVN resupply run near Kontum. They came under heavy fire that shot out all cyclic control. As they went in they made a hard landing that put the rotor through the windshield in Eubanks lap. He had no visible injuries, but all attempts to release him failed due to the tangled wreckage and spreading fire. The A/C exploded and Eubanks burned to death in the wreckage
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, The Citadel Class of 1969, Carolina Military Academy