HONORED ON PANEL 15W, LINE 33 OF THE WALL
PHILIP JOHN SCHROCK
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PHILIP J SCHROCK
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LEFT FOR PHILIP JOHN SCHROCK
POSTED ON 12.27.2009
POSTED BY: Randy Dunham
Field Artillery OCS Class 510-68 Fort Sill Oklahoma
1LT Schrock was serving with the 57th Assault Helicopter Company, 1st Aviation Brigade at the time of his death. He was the pilot of UH-1D helicopter carrying COL George L. Miller, Senior Advisor to the 24th Special Tactical Zone and the Vietnamese Commanding Officer of the 24th Special Tactical Zone on a tour of the combat area. While taking off from a fire base the aircraft was hit by small arms fire, resulting in loss of power at a low altitude above thick jungle canopy. The crash killed all on board. The co-pilot on the mission was CPT Charles Elton Ferrell, a graduate of Field Artillery OCS Class 20B-67.
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