Delbert Roy Wood

Specialist Four
C TROOP, 16TH CAVALRY, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
21 November 1950 - 31 October 1972
Phoenix, Arizona
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1 AVN BDE 16TH CAV RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Delbert Roy Wood

05 Oct 2005

A LETTER TO MY FATHER

Daddy,

I wish I could have known you, but all I have are pictures. Grandma died a few years after you, I'm sure it was from a broken heart. Grampa followed her soon after.

Sometimes my other grandfather will look at me and comment on how much I remind him of you, it always makes me cry. When they sent back your belongings they included baby items of mine. I guess you took them along to remind you of your little girl back home.

I'm proud of you.

Love, Tammy

Placed by his daughter,
Tammy Lee Wood
tammykat@cox.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Fifteen men died when CH-47C tail number 69-17119 was shot down by a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile on on 31 Oct 1972:
  • 18th Avn Co (Corps), 164th Avn Grp:
    • CPT Steven D. Howard, El Dorado, KS, pilot;
    • CWO Ronald L. Vanlandingham, San Antonio, TX, copilot;
    • SP5 David E. Wischemann, Kahului, HI, flight engineer
    • SP4 Timothy A. Thomas, Lafayette, CA, gunner
    • SP4 Richard B. Freeman, Redondo Beach, CA, crew chief
    • SP4 Louis O. Calderon, Los Angeles, CA, passenger
    • SP4 Raymond L. Goodchild, Fenton, MI, passenger

  • 527th Pers Svc Co:
    • SSG Charles A. McSwiney, Panama City, FL

  • HQ, Delta Regional Assist Command:
    • MAJ Dennis W. Finnegan, New York, NY
    • 1LT Kenneth J. Spencer, Rochester, MI

  • C Troop, 16th Cavalry:
    • SP4 James D. Brown, San Angelo, TX
    • SP4 Roger R. Chambliss, Birmingham, MI
    • SP4 Milton C. Hunter, Opelika, AL
    • SP4 Charles L. Stewart, Gladstone, MI
    • SP4 Delbert R. Wood, Phoenix, AZ
C Troop, 16th Cavalry, was an air cavalry troop assigned to the 164th Aviation Group.




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