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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by MSgt Ricky Hudson - Deceased
Casualty Info
Home Town Endicott
Last Address Bien Hoa AB
Casualty Date May 16, 1965
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)/Bomb detonated at Bien Hoa Airbase
From Month/Year
May / 1965
To Month/Year
May / 1965
Description 16 May, 1965 What is described by the United States government as “an accidental explosion of a bomb on one aircraft which spread to others” at the Bien Hoa air base leaves 27 U.S. servicemen and 4 South Vietnamese dead and some 95 Americans injured. More than 40 U.S. and South Vietnamese planes, including 10 B-57s, were destroyed.
