Helmich, Gerald Robert, Col

POW/MIA

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1115J-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1969-1969, 6th Special Operations Squadron

Service Years
1954 - 1969

Current Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New Hampshire

Year of Birth
1931

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Sgt Duane Kimbrow (Skip) to remember Helmich, Gerald Robert, Col.

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Contact Info

Home Town Manchester	Last Address Manchester
MIA Date Nov 12, 1969
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Laos	Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 16W 064

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1969, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Col. Helmich was lost aboard his A-1H (#52-139821) during combat action near Ban Senphan during an SAR mission.

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii as well as the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

Other Comments:

see Notes/Links

Full Bio at http://www.warbirdforum.com/helmich.htm

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In Service

Helmich IMO

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Image

Air Medal - 1969

Name of Award
Air Medal

Devices
none

Year Awarded
1969

Last Updated:
Feb 27, 2009

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