HONORED ON PANEL 30E, LINE 87 OF THE WALL
WOODROW DENNIS ADLER
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WOODROW D ADLER
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30E/87
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR WOODROW DENNIS ADLER
POSTED ON 4.13.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
As long as you are remembered you will never truly die.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
As long as you are remembered you will never truly die.
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POSTED ON 5.3.2018
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Air Loss Over Land
On November 22, 1967, a U.S. Army DeHavilland U-1A Otter (#57-6119) fixed-wing aircraft from the 54th Aviation Company crashed and burned on takeoff from runway east at Long Binh Army Airfield in Bien Hoa Province, RVN. The accident occurred as the Otter was leaving the airstrip when it hit a cable that was strung on a crane next to the runway. The pilot lost control of the plane and crashed. Personnel nearby heard the crash and came running, but the would-be rescuers had trouble approaching the wreck as it was totally engulfed. A total of nine U.S. personnel would die as a result of this accident. SP4 Thomas B. Allen, the crew chief on the flight, died in the crash along with passengers PVT Sheldon D. Bowler, PFC Marshall F. Freng, PFC Steven P. Morse, and PVT Allyson Y. Sasaki. Two other passengers, SP4 Woodrow D. Adler, a courier for Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 222nd Aviation Battalion, and PFC David L. Tasker, died four days later from burns they suffered in the accident. Military records regarding this incident listed two persons as the pilot of the aircraft. One of them, CW2 David A. Kreitzer, is the probable pilot as he served with the 54th Aviation Company and reportedly flew U-1 Otters during his first tour of Vietnam. Kreitzer succumbed on December 2, 1967, to burn injuries he suffered in the crash. The second pilot listed, MAJ Larry G. Powell, was a rotary wing (helicopter) pilot from the 45th Medical Company. Powell reportedly died after being evacuated to the U.S. Military burn unit at the 106th General Hospital in Yokohama, Japan. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vvmf.org, and thewall-usa.com, and information provided by Don Yaxley (May 2018)]
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POSTED ON 8.3.2016
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik
Remembered
DEAR SPEC 4 ADLER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A COMMUNICATION CENTER SPECIALIST. I READ YOU WERE HIT ON NOVEMBER 22, 1967, AND PASSED 4 DAYS LATER.
REST IN PEACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A COMMUNICATION CENTER SPECIALIST. I READ YOU WERE HIT ON NOVEMBER 22, 1967, AND PASSED 4 DAYS LATER.
REST IN PEACE.
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POSTED ON 6.20.2016
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
Specialist Four Woodrow Dennis Adler, Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 222nd Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade
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POSTED ON 11.6.2014
POSTED BY: Don Yaxley
Fellow Comrade in Vietnam
I remember the day Woody and 8 others perished when the small plane they were on hit a guy wire upon take off and crashed. I still have a copy of the orders for investigation of the accident. Woody is sitting at the far table on the right side of this photo taken in our Mess Hall in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
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