THE WALL OF FACES

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

I didn’t know CPT Douglas personally. In fact, I wasn’t even born yet when he died. He died exactly on 31 years before my birthday. I’m thankful for his service and sacrifice. I pray he watches over this great country and it’s people. I will attend Army Flight School soon and it inspires me to know so many great aviators, like CPT Douglas, have gone before me.

Dear Captain Stephen Carr,
Thank you for your service as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander - Helicopter Pilot. My dad passed on your anniversary. Say hi to him, he is Sam. You are also on the same panel as Mike Smith, say hit to him too. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Name: CPT Stephen Douglas Carr
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 08/26/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 26.7
Date of Birth: 11/29/1943
Home City: Barre, VT
Service: AR branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 162 AHC, 13 CAB
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 70-10
Service: AR branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 07W-010
Short Summary: Aircraft hit by small arms fire, exploded, and crashed on CA to extract troops. W/WO Laurence, SP5 Jacobson, & SP5 Halstead.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 69-15429
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 06/14/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: no previous report

Captain Stephen Douglas Carr, Served with the 162nd Assault Helicopter Company, 13th Aviation Battalion, 164th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade.