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Donald Lynn Wann click to see "The Virtual Wall" |
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Chief Warrant
Officer D CO, 158TH AVN BN, 160TH AVN GRP, 101 ABN DIV Army of the United States 31 May 1937 - 01 June 1971 Shawnee, OK Panel 03W Line 063 |
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June 1971, a multi-aircraft force extracted a Ranger team from a
landing zone in western Quang Tri Province, about 5 miles east
of the Lao/SVN border. After the team had been extracted, one of
the escorting AH-1G gunships was tasked to destroy munitions
that had been left on the ground. The Cobra rolled in from about 1500 feet, descending to about 40 feet as it approached the firing point. Just before weapons release, the aircraft was hit in the underside by enemy fire. Escaping fuel caught fire and the aircraft nosed up, gaining perhaps 150 feet before descending in a vertical right turn to ground impact. The AH-1 hit on a steep slope, skidded downhill for about 100 feet, and burned. Radio calls made in the few seconds between the time the Cobra was hit and ground impact were not answered, and the crash itself was not survivable. The two crewmen of AH-1G tail number 68-15002 were declared killed in action; their bodies could not be recovered. The men were CW2 Donald Lynn Wann, pilot 1LT Paul Gerald Magers, copilot |
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18th of August, 2010 Chief Wann, accompanied by his daughter
Shannon, arrived in Tulsa, OK to a reception of many service buddies, 87 motorcycles riders , the Oklahoma Patriot Guard with American Flags, several news crews, and his family. He was escorted to Muskogee, OK were he would receive the HERO's welcome he deserves. |
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| Media
Articles and Social Networking Channel 8 News (KTUL), Aug 19, 2010; Body of Oklahoma Soldier Killed in Vietnam... News on 6, Aug 18, 2010: 39 Years Later, Army Officer Donald Wann's Remains Return To Oklahoma Tulsa World, Aug 19, 2010: Vietnam veteran's remains returned to Oklahoma for burial with full military honors Tulsa World, Jul 22, 2010: Persistence pays in quest for closure. Muskogee Phoenix, Jul 26, 2010; Bringing him Home: The Leaf Chronicle, Jul 25, 2010: 40 years Later, a Pilot comes home Channel 3 News, WRCB TV, Chattanooga, TN., Jul 25, 2010: Remains of a missing pilot found in Vietnam Channel 5 News, Ft Smith - Fayetteville, AR, Jul 25, 2010; Pilot who went missing after Vietnam mission found after 4 decades The Power of 7 News, KOAM TV, Pittsburg, KS., Jul 25, 2010; Remains of a missing pilot found in Vietnam The Mustang News, Jul 09, 2010: Daughter's Search For Father Ends El Reno Tribune, Jul 09, 2010: Country Woman Completes Journey to Find Father |
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