THE WALL OF FACES

On Oct. 19, 2021, Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Ala. - where Capt. McNabb graduated in 1959 - announced that it would be honoring his memory by naming an office in his honor in the university's military science and ROTC building, Rowe Hall. Learn more at http://www.jsu.edu/news/articles/2021/10/jsu-honors-fallen-vietnam-war-soldiers-.html.

Dear Captain Jerry McNabb, Thank you for your service as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander - Helicopter Pilot. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Today is Labor Day. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On June 27, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B (tail number 64-14047) from the 161st Aviation Company and a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B (tail number 65-09486) from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) were involved in a mid-air collision over Tuy Hoa Air Base. The accident occurred when aircraft 047 took off on a northwest heading while aircraft 486 had taken off on a westerly heading then made a right turn to a northwest heading. This put the two aircraft on a collision course. The helicopters collided, crashed, and burned. There were no survivors. The lost crew from 047 included aircraft commander CAPT Donald R. Bryant, pilot CAPT Jerry W. McNabb, crew chief CPL Fredrick M. Binder, and gunner PVT Jackie L. Goforth. The lost personnel from 486 were pilots MAJ Billy J. Nave and CAPT Richard T. Perrin, gunner SP4 Frank L. Gonderman, and passenger SP5 Louis E. Walton. The regular crew chief assigned to 486, SP4 T. Wallace, stated that MAJ Nave, commander of C Troop, and passenger SP5 Walton were completing their tours of duty in Vietnam and were leaving Tuy Hoa to go to Camp Radcliff (An Khe Army Airfield) on their way home. After they took off, they returned on a low pass to wave goodbye and collided with the other helicopter. SP4 Wallace had been replaced on 486 by Walton so he could go home as Walton had four children. (From: T. Wallace) [Taken from vhpa.org]

.... for your ultimate sacrafice to our freedom. Although I didn't know Jerry, I did know his wife and young daughter from the First Methodist Church Of East Gadsden. His untimely death was very hard for them and the community, too. He was honored then, and is still...

CPT. JERRY WAYNE MCNABB, SIR, WE NEVER MET, BUT WE MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED.
MY BROTHER WAS A MARINE IN WW11, AND I WAS A HM2, OR TECH DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP ON MY TRIP TO YOUR WAR MEMORIAL AND WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FOR YOUR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE .
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AND WITH YOUR FAMILY.