MY TOUR IN THE 57TH AHC GLADIATORS

MY VIETNAM TOUR STARTED WITH THE A.CO.227TH 1ST AVIATION BRIGADE AT CAMP HOLLOWAY PLEIKU ON SEPT 12TH 1971. THEN WENT TO 57TH,ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY 1ST AVAITION BRIGADE AT CAMP HOLLOWAY.

I WAS ASSIGNED TO SECOND FLIGHT PLATOON AS CREW CHIEF ON A (H) MODEL HUEY TAIL NUMBER 69-15715.









DAK-TO 2 AIRSTRIP CRASH # 1833
H MODEL HUEY TAIL NUMBER 69-15715
SHOT DOWN APRIL 24TH 1972 BY 51 CAL
KIA CREWMEN     

AIRCRAFT COMMANDER-1LT--JAMES E. HUNSICKER (BNR)
CO-PILOT-----------WO2--WADE ELLEN REMAINS RECOVERED
OBSERVER-----------1LT--JOHNNY MACK JONNES (BNR)
MIA 13 DAYS 4/24/72-5/6/72

CREW CHEIF---------SP/5--RICKEY VON VOGEL
DOORGUNNER---------SP/4--CHARLES M LEA

MAC TEAM 22 SURVIORS PICK UP AT DAK TO 2 AIRSTRIP
UNDER THREAT OF BEING OVER RUN WERE PICKED UP BY
US AND WERE TO BE TAKEN TO KONTUM. THIS IS HOW THEY FARED

MAC TEAM 22 ADVISOR----MJR.--CARTER WILLIAMS (BNR)
COMBAT MEDIC-----------SP/4--FRANKLIN F. ZOLLICOFFER (BNR)
**HELPING WOUNDED FROM THE 52ND AT DAK TO 2, HAD NO
MEDS LEFT OR FIELD DRESSINGS FOR HIS OR OUR WOUNDED
BECAUSE HE HAD USED THEM UP ON THE ARVN'S. HE WAS A
BABTIST MINISTER FROM MISS. VERY BRAVE MAN TO THE END.
LOST WEST POINTER------MJR--JULIUS W. WARMATH SURRIVED
MAC TEAM 22 ADVISIOR---CPT--JOHN P KELLER SURRVIED WAS
ONLY IN COUNTRY 2 WEEKS.
MAC TEAM 22 ADVISOR----SSG--WALTER WARD SURRVIED, HE
WAS A SUPPLY SEARGENT AT TAHN CHAN

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D.I.A. Report of the Crash(#1833)
To include maps showing the difference
between the version given by
Maj.Julius Warmath(Passanger)
Rick V Vogel(Crew Cheif of the helicopter)
THIS IS AN INACCURATE VERSION DONE MAY 8TH,1972


HERE IS THE FIRST EVER PLAQUE
GIVEN OUT BY THE VVA NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1993,
THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY THE POW/MIA COMMITTIE PRESIDENT,
RANDY BARNES TO RICK VOGEL FOR HIS PERSEVERANCE,AND
COMMITMENT IN OVER COMING THE OBSTACLES IN ACHIEFING
HIS PERSONAL PEACE!!

BY RECOVERING THE REMAINS OF WO2 WADE ELLEN HIS PETER PILOT
WHO WAS LEFT IN VIETNAM BECAUSE OF FAULTY INFORMATION GIVEN
AT THE TIME BY MAJ.JULIUS M. WARMATH.

BECAUSE OF RICK VOGEL'S ENDLESS DETERMINATION TO GET THE
TRUTH OUT OF THE CORRECT LOCATION OF THE CRASH SITE AND
WHERE WO2 WADE ELLEN COULD BE FOUND.

THIS MISSION TOOK THREE YEARS AND $4,400 OF HIS OWN MONEY,
THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AND HAD TO BORROW, TO KEEP HIS MISSION
ALIVE,AS WADE ELLEN WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME FOR HIM


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