THE WALL OF FACES

Dear HN Gary Young, Thank you for your service as a Hospitalman with the 1st Marine Air Wing. Semper Fi. Thank you for the lives your saved. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Lent has begun. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace HN. Young, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.

HN Gary Norman Young is buried at Finley-Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Portland, OR.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Doc.

Thank you Young for your courage and for your devotion to your Marines.

On February 7, 1969, a U.S. Marines CH-46D helicopter (#153334) [YK-14] from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (HMM 364) was conducting a medevac mission when it was brought down by enemy ground fire. Six Marine personnel were killed in the crash. One of the gunners, CPL Gregory J. Tomaro, survived the crash. The medevac was shot down in Arizona Territory, near Hue City, Quang Nam Province, RVN. The aircraft launched from Marble Mountain Air Facility on a low overcast day with intermittent rain. The wounded Marines it intended to evacuate were near the village of An Hoa. The pilot was forced to make a low approach to the landing zone and was subjected to intense enemy fire. The aircraft went out of control and crashed very hard in a rice paddy with about 10" of water in it. The lost crew included aircraft commander CPT Ernest E. Bartolina Jr., co-pilot 1LT Russell E. Moke, crew chief CPL Charles W. Willard Jr., gunner LCPL Rodney G. Shank, and corpsman HM2 Walter R. Tyrrell. A passenger, HN Gary N. Young, was also killed. HN Young was reportedly on the flight as part of his training by HM2 Tyrrell in helicopter medevac operations. [Taken from popasmoke.com]