183rd Aviation Company : Dedicated to Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict

Honor Roll
We keep a running Honor Roll and add names to the list as we become aware of the death of a Seahorse. Please review the names listed below and determine if you know of anyone who we do not have listed or if you know the date of death or circumstances surrounding the death of anyone on the list. We also keep a list of family members of deceased Seahorses and invite them to our reunions as well as notifying them of our Memorial Service and Honor Roll.

Lost in the Republic of Vietnam

Name	Constitution	Date		Additional information
CPT Linus G. K. (Lee) Chock	KIA	29 Nov 1966	P12E L128
CPT Larry Francis Lucas	KIA	20 Dec 1966	P13E L64
CWO Richard John Wright	KIA	8 Feb 1967	P15E L10
CPT Clifford W. Schneeman, Jr.	KIA	5 Nov 1967	P29E L26
CPT Roger T. Sawyers *	KIA	2 Oct 1967	P27E L1	CPT Roger T. Sawyers was stationed at Bao Loc with the 183rd and remained there when the 185th (Ptrodactyls) took over the area. The 185th was split between Gia Nghia and Bao Loc. CPT Sawyers was the 185th platoon leader at Bao Loc.
CWO Louis Ferdinand Keeven	KIA	4 Dec 1967	P31E L35
1LT Victor M. Hodson	KIA	14 April 1967	P27W L81
MAJ Rodney Lynn Strobridge	MIA	11 May 1972	P01W L24
MAJ Arthur Gene Ecklund**	KIA	19 July 1969	P27W L6	MAJ Ecklund’s remains were found and identified and he was buried on 3 April 2004 in Galesburg , Illinois
MAJ Perry H. Jefferson	KIA	19 July 1969		MAJ Perry H. Jefferson (USAF), KIA---MAJ Jefferson was an observer in a plane piloted by 1LT Arthur Ecklund that went down 3, April 1969. He was MIA until his remains were found and interned at Arlington Cemetery on 3, April 2008.
CPT Samual D. Freeman III	KIA	7 Jan 1967	P13E L121	CPT Samual D.Freeman III (101st ABN)--KIA-- CPT Freeman died as a result of injuries suffered when rescuing CPT Latimer Maginess from the wreckage of his downed Bird Dog.
1LT Frederic W. Miller	KIA	8 Feb 1967	P15E L10	LT Frederic W. Miller (101st ABN)--KIA-- 1LT Miller was an observer in a plane Piloted by CWO Richard John Wright that went down 8 February, 1967. Both were KIA.
SP4 Errol Lynn Kent	Homicide	Nov 1971

Post Viet Nam

•︎	MAJ William L. Buck	Unk Date	•︎	SGT Robert M. Bratton	26 Feb 1987	•︎	SP4 Jerry A. Moore	Ukn Date
•︎	1SGT Billy E. Owens	Unk Date	•︎	CPT Allen B. Hodgson	6 Jan 2003	•︎	SGT Max Carmichael	1987
•︎	MAJ Edward L. Harris	Unk Date	•︎	SP5 Henry Arbogast	Ukn Date	•︎	SGT John Abbott	Unk Date
•︎	SGT Lenox Maultsby	Unk Date	•︎	SP6 Clarence Joynes	Ukn Date	•︎	SFC Robert Lee Lane	Ukn Date
•︎	LTC Jimmy Steinbaugh	2004	•︎	PFC Thomas E. Mong	2003	•︎	CPT Gerald E. Bedford*	1970
•︎	CPT Charles E. Crowe	1997	•︎	CWO Gary Plank	2002	•︎	SP5 Alan D. Piotrowski	1991
•︎	CPT Terry E. Wehrkamp	1971	•︎	SGT Bobby R. Brown	2001	•︎	CPT Dean Roberts	Unk Date
•︎	CWO Joseph Dorman	2005	•︎	SP5 Kenneth J. Olson	2004	•︎	SFC Glennis Anglin	Unk Date
•︎	CPT Adolph Kotulan	Unk Date	•︎	SFC Howard Lytle	Unk Date	•︎	PFC Peter S. Engel	2005
•︎	SSGT James Elmore	2006	•︎	1LTLaddy"Magdrop"Maginess	2006	•︎	SP5 Dale Jurney	2004
•︎	SFC Jonah Britt	2001	•︎	SGT Harvey A. Kessell	2006	•︎	SP4 Gary Cooper	2007
•︎	SP5 Forrest Aylsworth	2002	•︎	1SGT Frank S. Weems	2008	•︎	MAJ John D. Michael	2008
•︎	MAJ John D. Michael**	2008	•︎	SP5 William (Bill) Keener	2008	•︎	CPT Charles W. Hutchings	2000
•︎	SGT Roger H. Willis	2008	•︎	CPT Robert L. Steenrod	Unk Date	•︎	Melvin Henson	2007
•︎	SP5 Mike Seehaas	1986	•︎	CW1 Ronald W. Schweikert	2006	•︎	COL Jerry Bussell	2010
•︎	CPT David Woods	2010	•︎	SSG Neil Quatkemeyer	2010	•︎	SP5 John P. Jones	2010
•︎	SFC Glenwood Taylor	2010	•︎	Maj. Ralph Goodwin	2011	•︎	SP4, Ronald L. Hogue	2011
•︎	Larry Childers	2008	•︎	Maj. Alvin L. Solomon	2011	•︎	SP4 Carl Forgey	2012
•︎	SSG Murphy J. Ducote	Unk Date	•︎	John R. Manders	2012	•︎	1LT Peter Peacca	2012
•︎	SP5 Orvil D. Faught	2010	•︎	Dennis Sonnier	Unk Date	•︎	CPT Billy Seay	Unk Date
•︎	SGT Veron Jackson	2013	•︎	PFC Terry Hackney	Unk Date	•︎	CW2 Lloyd N. Washer	Unk Date
•︎	SP4 Jack Vannoy	Unk Date	•︎	SP5 Jimmy D. Marrs	2015	•︎	PFC Lloyd E. Labonne	2004
•︎	SFC Frank Woods	Unk Date	•︎	Col Mack L Gibson	2016	•︎	Cpt. Robert L. Seymour	Unk Date
•︎	Dale Helms	2018	•︎	David Haidle	2018	•︎	Jerry Lemons	2018
•︎	Gleen McCorkle	Unk Date	•︎	Jim Smyth	2019	•︎	CPT Gerry Carson	2019
•︎	CPT John Fischer	2020	•︎	Jim Curry	2020	•︎	Joe Parise	2020
•︎	William R Benoit	2021	•︎	Alan "Shortround" Cherin	2021	•︎	Elwood Bengry	2021
•︎	Tony Ingle	2020	•︎	Darrell Willrath	2022	•︎	Joe Glasscock	2023
•︎	Paul Sottak	2024	•︎	CPT Dick Kloppenburg	2024	•︎	Jim McHaney	2025

*CPT Gerald E. Bedford Died on Instrument approach to Davisson AAF 1969-70
**MAJ John D. Michael- Commanding officer of 183rd Jan to Jul 1969

Honor Roll Display
We honor our deceased brothers at our reunions. If you have pictures, articles, biographies etc. of any of the Seahorses who are on the above list,
please contact Bob Howland at bhowland@comporium.net