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Casualty Info
Home Town Woodstock
Last Address Tacoma, Washington
Casualty Date Apr 06, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Pleiku (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery - Woodstock, Illinois
Aircraft/Missile Information
Country of Origin Canada (DHC-4A, CC-108) Similar Aircraft Buffalo C-8A, DHC-5 Role STOL utility transport (32 equipped troops, 1/4-ton trucks). Span 95 ft. 7 in. Length 72 ft. 7 in. Height 31 ft. 8 in. Weight 28,500 lbs. max. Armament None Engines Two Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2s of 1,450 hp. ea. Crew Three Cost $800,000 Maximum speed 216 mph. Cruising speed 152 mph. Range 1,175 miles Service Ceiling 24,800 ft.