David Phillip Medina
Specialist Five
HQ & SPT CO, 326TH MED BN, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
San Jose, California
April 08, 1952 to April 30, 1971
(Incident Date April 23, 1971)
DAVID P MEDINA is on the Wall at Panel W3, Line 20

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13 Dec 2004

David Phillip Medina
died in the same incident as my brother,
Robert Fritz Speer.

They are remembered.

Bruno Speer
Sergeant Major, German Air Force
bruno.speer@web.de


 

Notes from The Virtual Wall

On 23 April 1971 a medevac flight from the 326th Medical Battalion (UH-1H tail number 66-16588) was downed by automatic weapons fire. One of the five crewmen died in the crash, and the other four men had to defend themselves from ground attack before they were rescued by friendly forces. Only two of the five survived:
  • CWO2 Frederic A Behrens, pilot, survived
  • 1LT Roger J Madison, copilot, survived
  • SP5 Michael Lee Brummer, crew chief, died in crash
  • SP5 Robert Fritz Speer, medic, shot to death 24 Apr 71
  • SP4 David Phillip Medina, crew chief, died of wounds 30 Apr 71

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