This Military Service Page was created/owned by
A3C Michael S. Bell (Unit Historian)
to remember
Greenwood, James William, TSgt.
If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
Casualty Info
Home Town Pasadena, TX
Last Address Ban Me Thuot, SVN
Casualty Date Mar 19, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fairview Cemetery - Denison, Texas
On 19 Mar 1970, two UH-1P aircraft of the 20th Special Operations Squadron based at Ban Me Thuot departed on a training flight. UH-1P tail number 65-07944, carrying a four-man crew, was shot down by enemy ground fire southeast of Ban Me Thuot. One gunner was thrown clear and survived, but three men died in the crash.
Comments/Citation:
United States Air Force Technical Sergeant served with the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Seventh Air Force. He was a gunner aboard a UH-1P Iroquois helicopter as the lead aircraft on a training flight south east of Ban Me Thuot that was shot down by enemy ground fire. Co-pilot, Capt Carlos A Estrada was also killed in the crash. The other gunner aboard survived and was rescued by a second aircraft on the mission.
