THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

Dear Lt Robert Lurie, Thank you for your service as an HMH Pilot Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

First Lieutenant Robert Michael Lurie, Served with Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 167 (HML-167), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

On July 21, 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-1E (tail number 154962) from Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2), with three crew members from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167), was shot down near Hill 65, 11 miles southwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province (I Corps), RVN. It was reported that the aircraft received automatic weapons fire, crashed, and burned during a reconnaissance mission. It was speculated that aircraft went down after being hit because the hydraulics had been shot out and the pilot was unable to maintain flight. There were no survivors. The lost HMLA-167 crewmen aboard included aircraft commander 1LT Robert M. Lurie, co-pilot 1LT David L. Gloer, gunner SGT William H. Foster, and crew chief (from VMO-2) LCPL Jimmy L. Norsworthy. The tail rotor of the aircraft was found at a distance from the wreckage. It was reported that 1LT Lurie’s father was serving in Vietnam at the time of this incident, flying a C-117 flare ship on the DMZ and around I Corps. The father was one of the last enlisted pilots in the Marine Corps. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and popasmoke.com]