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Faleagafulu Ilaoa, age 27, from San Francisco, California, San Francisco county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
Robert P. Weldon, age 19, from Kansas City, Missouri.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
Robert W Ross, age 20, from Cypress, California, Orange county.
Parents: Roberrt G. Ross and stepmother Donna L. Ross
Spouse: Jacqueline
Children: Melinda Kay, 1
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com, Long Beach Independent (1975)
Paul J Raber, age 21, from Port Angeles, Washington, Clallam county.
Parents: Margie and Freeman Raber
Spouse: Engaged to Laurie Dansereau of Port Angeles
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Port Angeles High (1972)
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand. Paul had only two months remaining to be served in Thailand
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com, Port Angeles Daily News (1975)
Tommy R. Nealis, age 22, from Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Montgomery county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Cemetery: Machpelah Cemetery
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
Edgar C. II Moran, age 19, from Morgan, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Parents: Betty and Edgar C. Moran
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Chartiers Valley High (1974)
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand. When the next day an Air Force captain knocked on Betty Moran’s door at 2:30 a.m., she didn’t want to let him in. “I heard about the helicopter crashing in Thailand on the news. I felt if I kept him on the other side it wouldn’t be true.”
Cemetery: Chartiers
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (1975)
George E. III Mcmullen, age 31, from Oxford, California, Solano county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
William R. McKelvey, age 23, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
Robert P Mathias, age 21, from Granada Hills, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
Dennis W. London, age 25, from Sparks, Nevada, Washoe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com