In Memory of…..... CPL. ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN.
*** Hello Eddie, I found this stone! The stone is in Mount Hope Cemetery Belchertown not South Cemetery. The flat stone is there along with his step-father, sister. His mother is there also but she does not have a stone. The rain has come to western mass I will post the picture as soon as possible.
Jerry # 47955269
*** Roger has a military stone in his honor in South Cemetery in Belchertown, Mass.Posted by: Robert Sage
*** Corporal Gaughan was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was a passenger in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed in the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN - Marine Corps - CPL - E4
Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 24, 1946 - DD1300 says Holyoke, Miss.
From: BELCHERTOWN, MA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Thomas P. Gaughan, address unknown and Mother, Eva Alice Normand Samborski, Born June 10, 1928 in Springfield, MA and died March 18, 2006 of Belchertown, Mass.
***** Cousin, you are gone but not forgotten.
Greg Normand
May. 17, 2014
***** I got a letter from his mother saying how Roger mentioned my name and that I had taken the pics. Her last name was different than Roger's. Got another letter from her the following spring when I was at "GTMO", Cuba, if I remember, she said that they were setting up a memorial or something at the high school that he went to.
Dennis Tylinski
***** Roger and I were friends in our school days. I recently talked with his Mother she has kept his pride alive all these years!
george boudreau 2004
Ware, Mass.
CPL - E4 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on May 1, 1967
Casualty was on May 1, 1967
In OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - NON-CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 5
On 1 May 1967, a CH-46A SEA KNIGHT (BuNo 150268) from HMM-165, MAG-36, 1st MAW, was transporting sick and wounded Marines from the 1st Hospital Company, Chu Lai, US Navy's hospital ship, USS SANCTUARY, stationed in the South China Sea.
Among the 17 men aboard the helicopter were
-------- AIRCREW ---------
Captain John Tatum, pilot, HMM-165
1Lt Bob Rogers, co-pilot, HMM-165
LCPL Terry Blosser, crewchief, HMM-165
SSGT Stan L. Corfield, door gunner, HMM-165
LCPL Carl Arthur Smith, door gunner, B Co, 1st Support Bn, 1st MarDiv
-------- PASSENGERS ---------
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, unit unknown
SGT John H. Bailey, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
CPL Roger C. Gaughan, 3rd Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
PFC Hilario H. Guajardo, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
LCPL Joseph P. Lipton, unit unknown
PFC Duwayne Soulier, HQ Co, 7th Comm Bn, 1st MarDiv
The helicopter, call sign Buffalo City 2-2, was number two in a flight of two and was carrying ambulatory patients (number 1 had the litter patients). 2-2 maintained a low orbit overhead SANCTUARY while 2-1 landed, off-loaded, and took aboard troops returningn for duty. On completion, 2-1 lifted off and 2-2 prepared to land.
Buffalo City 2-2 lost power on approach and made a soft landing in 8-10 foot swells.
Within seconds, the heavy seas rolled the helicopter on its starboard side and the aircraft began sinking.
Although the crew was able to evacuate all the patients, the speed with which the aircraft sank precluded deployment of life-saving gear.
Buffalo City 2-1 promptly landed aboard SANCTUARY, discharged passengers, and shifted into a SAR mode. In addition, SANCTUARY launched boats.
Air and surface SAR efforts recovered 9 of the 17 men alive, but 8 died:
SGT John H Baily, body NOT recovered;
SSGT Stan L Corfield, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, body recovered;
~ ~ ~ ~ CPL Roger C Gaughan, body NOT recovered;
PFC Hilario H Guajardo, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Joseph P Lipton., body recovered;
LCPL Carl A. Smith, body NOT recovered; and
PFC Duwayne Soulier, body NOT recovered
*************************
.
*** Hello Eddie, I found this stone! The stone is in Mount Hope Cemetery Belchertown not South Cemetery. The flat stone is there along with his step-father, sister. His mother is there also but she does not have a stone. The rain has come to western mass I will post the picture as soon as possible.
Jerry # 47955269
*** Roger has a military stone in his honor in South Cemetery in Belchertown, Mass.Posted by: Robert Sage
*** Corporal Gaughan was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was a passenger in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed in the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN - Marine Corps - CPL - E4
Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 24, 1946 - DD1300 says Holyoke, Miss.
From: BELCHERTOWN, MA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Thomas P. Gaughan, address unknown and Mother, Eva Alice Normand Samborski, Born June 10, 1928 in Springfield, MA and died March 18, 2006 of Belchertown, Mass.
***** Cousin, you are gone but not forgotten.
Greg Normand
May. 17, 2014
***** I got a letter from his mother saying how Roger mentioned my name and that I had taken the pics. Her last name was different than Roger's. Got another letter from her the following spring when I was at "GTMO", Cuba, if I remember, she said that they were setting up a memorial or something at the high school that he went to.
Dennis Tylinski
***** Roger and I were friends in our school days. I recently talked with his Mother she has kept his pride alive all these years!
george boudreau 2004
Ware, Mass.
CPL - E4 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on May 1, 1967
Casualty was on May 1, 1967
In OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - NON-CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 5
On 1 May 1967, a CH-46A SEA KNIGHT (BuNo 150268) from HMM-165, MAG-36, 1st MAW, was transporting sick and wounded Marines from the 1st Hospital Company, Chu Lai, US Navy's hospital ship, USS SANCTUARY, stationed in the South China Sea.
Among the 17 men aboard the helicopter were
-------- AIRCREW ---------
Captain John Tatum, pilot, HMM-165
1Lt Bob Rogers, co-pilot, HMM-165
LCPL Terry Blosser, crewchief, HMM-165
SSGT Stan L. Corfield, door gunner, HMM-165
LCPL Carl Arthur Smith, door gunner, B Co, 1st Support Bn, 1st MarDiv
-------- PASSENGERS ---------
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, unit unknown
SGT John H. Bailey, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
CPL Roger C. Gaughan, 3rd Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
PFC Hilario H. Guajardo, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
LCPL Joseph P. Lipton, unit unknown
PFC Duwayne Soulier, HQ Co, 7th Comm Bn, 1st MarDiv
The helicopter, call sign Buffalo City 2-2, was number two in a flight of two and was carrying ambulatory patients (number 1 had the litter patients). 2-2 maintained a low orbit overhead SANCTUARY while 2-1 landed, off-loaded, and took aboard troops returningn for duty. On completion, 2-1 lifted off and 2-2 prepared to land.
Buffalo City 2-2 lost power on approach and made a soft landing in 8-10 foot swells.
Within seconds, the heavy seas rolled the helicopter on its starboard side and the aircraft began sinking.
Although the crew was able to evacuate all the patients, the speed with which the aircraft sank precluded deployment of life-saving gear.
Buffalo City 2-1 promptly landed aboard SANCTUARY, discharged passengers, and shifted into a SAR mode. In addition, SANCTUARY launched boats.
Air and surface SAR efforts recovered 9 of the 17 men alive, but 8 died:
SGT John H Baily, body NOT recovered;
SSGT Stan L Corfield, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, body recovered;
~ ~ ~ ~ CPL Roger C Gaughan, body NOT recovered;
PFC Hilario H Guajardo, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Joseph P Lipton., body recovered;
LCPL Carl A. Smith, body NOT recovered; and
PFC Duwayne Soulier, body NOT recovered
*************************
.
In Memory of…..... CPL. ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN.
*** Hello Eddie, I found this stone! The stone is in Mount Hope Cemetery Belchertown not South Cemetery. The flat stone is there along with his step-father, sister. His mother is there also but she does not have a stone. The rain has come to western mass I will post the picture as soon as possible.
Jerry # 47955269
*** Roger has a military stone in his honor in South Cemetery in Belchertown, Mass.Posted by: Robert Sage
*** Corporal Gaughan was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was a passenger in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed in the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN - Marine Corps - CPL - E4
Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 24, 1946 - DD1300 says Holyoke, Miss.
From: BELCHERTOWN, MA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Thomas P. Gaughan, address unknown and Mother, Eva Alice Normand Samborski, Born June 10, 1928 in Springfield, MA and died March 18, 2006 of Belchertown, Mass.
***** Cousin, you are gone but not forgotten.
Greg Normand
May. 17, 2014
***** I got a letter from his mother saying how Roger mentioned my name and that I had taken the pics. Her last name was different than Roger's. Got another letter from her the following spring when I was at "GTMO", Cuba, if I remember, she said that they were setting up a memorial or something at the high school that he went to.
Dennis Tylinski
***** Roger and I were friends in our school days. I recently talked with his Mother she has kept his pride alive all these years!
george boudreau 2004
Ware, Mass.
CPL - E4 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on May 1, 1967
Casualty was on May 1, 1967
In OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - NON-CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 5
On 1 May 1967, a CH-46A SEA KNIGHT (BuNo 150268) from HMM-165, MAG-36, 1st MAW, was transporting sick and wounded Marines from the 1st Hospital Company, Chu Lai, US Navy's hospital ship, USS SANCTUARY, stationed in the South China Sea.
Among the 17 men aboard the helicopter were
-------- AIRCREW ---------
Captain John Tatum, pilot, HMM-165
1Lt Bob Rogers, co-pilot, HMM-165
LCPL Terry Blosser, crewchief, HMM-165
SSGT Stan L. Corfield, door gunner, HMM-165
LCPL Carl Arthur Smith, door gunner, B Co, 1st Support Bn, 1st MarDiv
-------- PASSENGERS ---------
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, unit unknown
SGT John H. Bailey, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
CPL Roger C. Gaughan, 3rd Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
PFC Hilario H. Guajardo, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
LCPL Joseph P. Lipton, unit unknown
PFC Duwayne Soulier, HQ Co, 7th Comm Bn, 1st MarDiv
The helicopter, call sign Buffalo City 2-2, was number two in a flight of two and was carrying ambulatory patients (number 1 had the litter patients). 2-2 maintained a low orbit overhead SANCTUARY while 2-1 landed, off-loaded, and took aboard troops returningn for duty. On completion, 2-1 lifted off and 2-2 prepared to land.
Buffalo City 2-2 lost power on approach and made a soft landing in 8-10 foot swells.
Within seconds, the heavy seas rolled the helicopter on its starboard side and the aircraft began sinking.
Although the crew was able to evacuate all the patients, the speed with which the aircraft sank precluded deployment of life-saving gear.
Buffalo City 2-1 promptly landed aboard SANCTUARY, discharged passengers, and shifted into a SAR mode. In addition, SANCTUARY launched boats.
Air and surface SAR efforts recovered 9 of the 17 men alive, but 8 died:
SGT John H Baily, body NOT recovered;
SSGT Stan L Corfield, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, body recovered;
~ ~ ~ ~ CPL Roger C Gaughan, body NOT recovered;
PFC Hilario H Guajardo, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Joseph P Lipton., body recovered;
LCPL Carl A. Smith, body NOT recovered; and
PFC Duwayne Soulier, body NOT recovered
*************************
.
*** Hello Eddie, I found this stone! The stone is in Mount Hope Cemetery Belchertown not South Cemetery. The flat stone is there along with his step-father, sister. His mother is there also but she does not have a stone. The rain has come to western mass I will post the picture as soon as possible.
Jerry # 47955269
*** Roger has a military stone in his honor in South Cemetery in Belchertown, Mass.Posted by: Robert Sage
*** Corporal Gaughan was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was a passenger in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed in the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROGER CONRAD GAUGHAN - Marine Corps - CPL - E4
Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 24, 1946 - DD1300 says Holyoke, Miss.
From: BELCHERTOWN, MA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Thomas P. Gaughan, address unknown and Mother, Eva Alice Normand Samborski, Born June 10, 1928 in Springfield, MA and died March 18, 2006 of Belchertown, Mass.
***** Cousin, you are gone but not forgotten.
Greg Normand
May. 17, 2014
***** I got a letter from his mother saying how Roger mentioned my name and that I had taken the pics. Her last name was different than Roger's. Got another letter from her the following spring when I was at "GTMO", Cuba, if I remember, she said that they were setting up a memorial or something at the high school that he went to.
Dennis Tylinski
***** Roger and I were friends in our school days. I recently talked with his Mother she has kept his pride alive all these years!
george boudreau 2004
Ware, Mass.
CPL - E4 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on May 1, 1967
Casualty was on May 1, 1967
In OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - NON-CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 5
On 1 May 1967, a CH-46A SEA KNIGHT (BuNo 150268) from HMM-165, MAG-36, 1st MAW, was transporting sick and wounded Marines from the 1st Hospital Company, Chu Lai, US Navy's hospital ship, USS SANCTUARY, stationed in the South China Sea.
Among the 17 men aboard the helicopter were
-------- AIRCREW ---------
Captain John Tatum, pilot, HMM-165
1Lt Bob Rogers, co-pilot, HMM-165
LCPL Terry Blosser, crewchief, HMM-165
SSGT Stan L. Corfield, door gunner, HMM-165
LCPL Carl Arthur Smith, door gunner, B Co, 1st Support Bn, 1st MarDiv
-------- PASSENGERS ---------
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, unit unknown
SGT John H. Bailey, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
CPL Roger C. Gaughan, 3rd Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
PFC Hilario H. Guajardo, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv
LCPL Joseph P. Lipton, unit unknown
PFC Duwayne Soulier, HQ Co, 7th Comm Bn, 1st MarDiv
The helicopter, call sign Buffalo City 2-2, was number two in a flight of two and was carrying ambulatory patients (number 1 had the litter patients). 2-2 maintained a low orbit overhead SANCTUARY while 2-1 landed, off-loaded, and took aboard troops returningn for duty. On completion, 2-1 lifted off and 2-2 prepared to land.
Buffalo City 2-2 lost power on approach and made a soft landing in 8-10 foot swells.
Within seconds, the heavy seas rolled the helicopter on its starboard side and the aircraft began sinking.
Although the crew was able to evacuate all the patients, the speed with which the aircraft sank precluded deployment of life-saving gear.
Buffalo City 2-1 promptly landed aboard SANCTUARY, discharged passengers, and shifted into a SAR mode. In addition, SANCTUARY launched boats.
Air and surface SAR efforts recovered 9 of the 17 men alive, but 8 died:
SGT John H Baily, body NOT recovered;
SSGT Stan L Corfield, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Earl Dillworth Jr, body recovered;
~ ~ ~ ~ CPL Roger C Gaughan, body NOT recovered;
PFC Hilario H Guajardo, body NOT recovered;
LCPL Joseph P Lipton., body recovered;
LCPL Carl A. Smith, body NOT recovered; and
PFC Duwayne Soulier, body NOT recovered
*************************
.
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