David Eugene Padgett
Captain, U.S. Army
82nd Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Washington, Indiana
Date of Birth: January 02, 1944
Date of Death: February 06, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Captain Padgett was a member of 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, 212nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On February 6, 1969, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a re-supply mission to Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
Bad weather caused the aircraft to return to the Vandergrift Landing Zone, but contact was lost. His remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Captain David Eugene Padgett's remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
Captain, U.S. Army
82nd Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Washington, Indiana
Date of Birth: January 02, 1944
Date of Death: February 06, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Captain Padgett was a member of 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, 212nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On February 6, 1969, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a re-supply mission to Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
Bad weather caused the aircraft to return to the Vandergrift Landing Zone, but contact was lost. His remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Captain David Eugene Padgett's remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
David Eugene Padgett
Captain, U.S. Army
82nd Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Washington, Indiana
Date of Birth: January 02, 1944
Date of Death: February 06, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Captain Padgett was a member of 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, 212nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On February 6, 1969, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a re-supply mission to Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
Bad weather caused the aircraft to return to the Vandergrift Landing Zone, but contact was lost. His remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Captain David Eugene Padgett's remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
Captain, U.S. Army
82nd Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Washington, Indiana
Date of Birth: January 02, 1944
Date of Death: February 06, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Captain Padgett was a member of 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, 212nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On February 6, 1969, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a re-supply mission to Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
Bad weather caused the aircraft to return to the Vandergrift Landing Zone, but contact was lost. His remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Captain David Eugene Padgett's remains were recovered on August 27, 1996 and identified on October 12, 2000.
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