THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you So much for your service. In school I am doing a project on you, you are considered a hero, Here in Maine.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your high school classmate Dan Hester is moving and reflects his admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

I was a Ghostrider and I remember you Colin.You had a great smile. You had just come into our unit and I issued you a handgun. You are a hero. God be you!

Dear LT Colin Hurd, Thank you for your service as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander (Helicopter Pilot). Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

On May 9, 1970, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D (tail number 65-10079) “Ghostrider” from the 189th Assault Helicopter Company was shot down near LZ Gypsy in Pleiku Province, RVN, eight miles west of Pleiku City, with a camera crew from the 221st Signal Company on board. The shootdown occurred as the cameramen were covering the Cambodian incursion underway at that time. There were no survivors. A total of nine personnel were lost in the incident. The four crewmen included aircraft commander WO1 John D. McCluskey, pilot 1LT Colin P. Hurd, crew chief SP4 Johnny L. Fulton, and gunner PFC David J. Corpus. The five passengers comprised SP5 Christopher J. Childs III, SP5 Douglas J. Itri, SP4 Ronald S. Lowe, PFC Raymond L. Paradis, and SP4 Larry C. Young. An U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter operating in the area set down and personnel aboard recovered the remains from the crash site and took them to 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku. [Taken from vhpa.org and 221stsignal.com]