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Casualty Info
Home Town Calumet, Illinois
Last Address Phan Rang AB, RVN
Casualty Date Oct 11, 1969
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Gia Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Major Jerome Rice served with the 17th Special Operations Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing, Phan Rang AB, RVN. His tour began on 3 February 1969.
The crew of "C" Flight, 17th Special Operations Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing (callsign 'Shadow 76') flew out of Tan Son Nhut AB in 1969, flying a Fairchild AC-119G (#52-5907).
According to the onsite history, "the first AC-119G Aircraft Loss was the crash of 'Shadow 76' at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. A USAF photographer from the 600th Photo Squadron was also onboard and was killed." It crashed on take off. Details of the crash state that the port engine caught fire and the aircraft went into a sharp descending left turn, hitting the ground and bursting into flame."
