THE WALL OF FACES

CPT Girardot served with Company A, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. He was killed in the crash of a UH-1H helicopter that went down on approach to a landing zone at night in bad weather.

mike was the cutup of our class. i was going through some old photos of our class and came across one of mike. great guy. positive, and a real friend for the six months. it was shock to see this memorial and with his name on it. i have done more than one search of the internet to see if i could find him..funny how almost 40 years have past since we graduated and i last saw him, and yet i feel that i have lost a true friend.

You were my hero when I was a kid. I love you and miss you, Mike. Pray for us in heaven.

CAPTAIN

FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOT

Service No. 385445814


a native of Canada

who was born in

Toronto, Ontario


served as a

PILOT

with


ALPHA COMPANY

25th AVIATION BRIGADE

25th INFANTRY DIVISION

" TROPIC LIGHTNING "


was a posthumous recipient of the


AIR MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL


and was entitled to wear

ARMY AVIATOR WINGS




YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE





18 FEBRUARY 1999

Francis Michael Girardot was born in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA. He is buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Troy, Michigan, USA.

http://www.canadianvietnamveterans.ca/FrancisGirardot.html