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Rodney Lynn Strobridge
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F BTRY (ARA), 79TH ARTILLERY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV Army of the United States Torrance, California May 22, 1941 to May 15, 1978 (Incident Date May 11, 1972) RODNEY L STROBRIDGE is on the Wall at Panel W1, Line 24 |
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Rodney Lynn Strobridge Your ultimate sacrifice will remain honored as long as a Strobridge remains on the face of this earth . You may be gone but surely not forgotten . My Uncle and your father passed away on November 07, 2002, and will not be forgotten as his Spirit (Life Force) is with yours! GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!! |
A Note from The Virtual WallOn 11 May 1972, then-Captains Rodney Lynn Strobridge, F/79th ARA, and Robert John Williams, HHC/229th Avn Bn, crewed an AH-1G helicopter (tail number 68-15009), one in a flight of three providing air support to South Vietnamese Army forces heavily engaged by hostile units in the siege of An Loc, Binh Long Province. Their helicopter was hit in the tail boom, possibly by an SA-7 hand-held surface to air missile, and the boom was immediately severed. The Cobra went into a flat spin and crashed but no one saw the actual crash. Heavy anti-aircraft fire precluded a search of the crash site area. Both airmen were declared missing in action.The Secretary of the Army approved a Presumptive Finding of Death for Strobridge on 15 May 1978. His remains have not been recovered. |
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