Crewchief Roster

134th Assault Helicopter Company

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Last Modified: Wednesday September 24th, 2025
Acosta, Ernie Sheryl Crewchief 08/69-06/70 Nampa ID
Anker, John L. (Butch) Door Gunner/Crewchief 70-71 Reno NV
Arnold, Ken 618th/Crewchief/Maintenance/Mechanic 11/67-11/68 Santa Clarita CA
Baker, Henry C. Door Gunner/Crewchief Devil Guns 03/70-11/71 Jacksonville FL
Baldridge, Tom Crewchief/Gunner 71 DAT
Baldwin, Richard E. Crewchief 71 Eustis FL
Bangs, Carrol L. Crewchief 67 Moody TX
Bates, Joseph Noel Crewchief 2nd Flight Platoon 04/69-12/69 Cambridge MD
Bates, Lynn Carlton Cathy Crewchief Gun Platoon 01/68-01/69 Newport News DAT
Baxter, John G. Crewchief 68 DAT
Bell, Robert D. Crewchief 67N20 (Native American) 03/69-02/70 Upper Lake CA
Berg, Jerry Mary Maintenance/Crewchief 151(Guns) 02/68-02/70 Brookings DAT
Biddlecome, Matt Crewchief 03/68-03/69 San Diego CA
Bittner, David L. Crewchief 66150 07/67-08/68 DAT
Bowman, Lance Carlyn Lack Gunner/Crewchief 2nd Flt Plt 02/71-12/71 Bakersfield CA
Britton, Craig Door Gunner/Crewchief 70-71 Riverton UT
Brown, John W. Jenni PE Crew/Crewchief 11/67-11/68 Bishopville
Burnett, David M. Catherine Crewchief 06/71-12/71 Rockwall DAT
Buttermore, William P. Crewchief 1st Platoon 02/69-02/70 DAT
Calabrese, Joseph Crewchief 04/68-06/68
Capella, John A. Gunner/Crewchief 69-70 Reno NV
Carey, Daniel L. Crewchief 2nd Flt Plt 01/69-03/70 Washington Ct. House OH
Carlyle, Rick Crewchief 464 10/69-10/70 Sebastian FL
Carroll, Michael Gun Plt 69-70 Spokeane WA
Chiswell, Chesney Crewchief 69-70 Ft. Lupton CO
Clahane, James H. Door Gunner/Crewchief 69-70
Codorniz, Paul H. Mary Jane Crewchief 10/67-10/68 Tulare CA
Coleman, Willis J. Crewchief 66-16325 08/67-11/68 Hungerford TX
Cook, Sam Door Gunner/Crew Chief 03/70-12/71 Cottage Grove OR
Cooper, Dwight W. Crewchief 68-69 Concord AR
Copeland, Roy A. Guifang Crewchief/Door Gunner 01/71-12/71 Naples IA
Crotty, Brian Audrey Demon/Devil Crewchief/T.I. 03/69-10/70 Massapequa NY
Crowe, Jimmy W. Glenda Crew Chief & Door Gunner 04/69-04/70 Pell City AL
De Antonis, John Susan Crewchief 66151 05/67-10/68 Orange Park DAT
Defrenn, Ronald L. Crewchief 019 Gun Pltn. 01/69-01/70 DAT
Denton, Rickey C. Door Gunner/Crewchief 69-70 Beaumont TX
Diluzio, Phillip P. Donna Maintenance/Crewchief 10/69-10/70 Middletown DE
Douglass, Larry Crewchief 393 09/70-06/71 Kalispell DAT
Drinkwine, Glenn Crewchief/Maintenance 67-68 Stringer MS
Edgar, Chuck Maintenance/Crewchief 08/68-08/69 Quincy MA
Elliston, Joe Crewchief 03/68-03/69 Clarksville TN
Estes, Gary R. Crewchief 69-70 CO
Everhart, James Crewchief 02/68-02/69 Radford VA
Fahey, Donald C. Barbara Crewchief 70-71 Staten Island DAT
Fey, Glenn T. (KIA) Crewchief
CW2 Bobby R. Williams (KIA) and I were both vying for the next fire team leader slot. For some unknown reason operations swapped his crew for mine and put them in the aircraft I had been flying the night before they were shot down. The pilot WO1 Richard G. Lewis (KIA) had been in country a few months, SP5 Glenn T. Fey (KIA) had been transferred from the 134th AHC two weeks prior and PFC Jerome E. Jacobs (KIA) was I believe a postal clerk who was working his tail off to be a door gunner. It is believed they were hit by an RPG on the right side of the aircraft; I have a photo of the aircraft in the air right after they were hit and it shows no damage to the left side. I heard the elapsed time from when the aircraft was hit until it was completely burned was only four minutes. We know that at least part of the crew was alive prior to impact because they were keying the radio while using the intercom. This was a heavy (48 rockets) and evidently they were unable to jettison the pods prior to impact. The aircraft burned with all hands. The next day I took the dental records to the morgue to help with identification of the remains. Story by Jim McLaughlin [Taken from vhpa.org]
05/05/1968 Ashley PA KIA
Fick, Fred C. Sandy Demon Crewchief 08/67-11/68 Oregon OH
Fischer, Frank L. Maintenance/Crewchief 09/71-12/71 Salisbury NC
Flexen, Xavier L. Crewchief 66077 09/67-09/68 Newark CA
Fry, Bob Crewchief/Gunne 05/69-11/70 Port Charlotte FL
Fuqua, Stephen A. Crewchief/Door Gunner 71 DAT
Gallus, David R. Served in Korea Crewchief 67-68 Marco Island FL
Gano, Steve Crewchief 66-16658 05/67-11/68 West Richland WA
Gasper, Steve Crewchief/Line Crew 11/67-11/68 Conneaut Lake DAT
George, William P. III Crewchief/Door Gunner 71 Seattle DAT
Geuther, Cecil T. Maintenance/Gunner/Crewchief 69-70 Manchester IA
Gillis, Emanuel Crewchief/Door Gunner 67-68 Pearland TX
Gipson, Eugene Door Gunner/Crewchief 10/69-03/71 Newellton LA
Glahn, Warren J. Crewchief/Gunner 70-71 Fairfield ID
Gleckler, Richard Crewchief 02/68-02/69 Lyons OH
Gorski, John Jean Flynn Crewchief 01/70-08/71 Black River Falls WI
Green, William (Bill) Crewchief 71 Davis CA
Hamrick, Edward Joseph Crewchief
The 134th got off to a sad start in 1970 with the loss of a gunship crew member. On January 11th while providing gun cover for a medivac in the Phu Cat Mountains, a Devil gunship (66-15151) went IFR and crashed into a mountain. SP4 Edward Hamrick was killed when the aircraft hit, rolled over and the transmission crushed him. The door gunner, SP4 R. D. Tipple, was not injured but the two pilots sustained serious injuries. Captain Porter suffered a broken leg and the copilot, WO Larry Ingle had a partially collapsed lung and was in shock. SP4 Tipple managed to pull the pilots out of the wreckage through the windshield and get them away from the crash site, successfully avoiding nearby NVA/VC troops. SP4 Tipple, a former infantryman on an extension, had the presence of mind to break off the magnetic compass from its mount on the instrument panel and grab a map of the area. They spent 3 days in the mountains, evading the enemy while seriously injured and slowly making their way east toward Phu Cat Air Base. On the 3rd day they were finally spotted by search aircraft and rescued. SP4 Tipple was awarded the Soldiers Medal for his actions in saving the injured pilots from capture during this incident.
01/11/1970 Shinnston KIA
Hicks, Louis Gloria Door Gunner/Crewchief 1st Plt 461 04/70-03/71 Okmulgee OK
Hillis, Billy Crewchief 70 Widner AR
Hilton, James E. (Jim) Served in Korea Crewchief 02/67-12/68 Birmingham DAT
Hollingsworth, Richard Door Gunner/Crewchief 10/68-11/69 Pocatello ID
James, Jim Crewchief/Door Gunner 10/69-06/70 Seabeck WA
Jennings, George R. Crewchief 67-68 Bend OR
Johnson, Alfred (Al) Door Gunner/Crewchief 70-71 Tucson AZ
Johnson, Myron Crewchief 70-71 Chicago IL
Jones, Rosevelt Door Gunner/Crewchief 70
Juhl, Ken Crewchief-Devil Guns 10/70-12/71 Enumclaw WA
Kalakauskis, Ed Crewchief 500 Gun Platoon 01/70-06/71 Jacksonville FL
Keeton, Paul R. Crewchief 09/68-09/69 Mendota IL
Kirk, Earl P. Crewchief 67-68 East Waterford PA
Koper, Daniel R. Karen Maintenance/Crewchief 2nd Flt Plt 01/68-07/69 Abercrombie ND
Kuch, Robert J. Janet Crewchief-Gunner-Ammo Storage 12/68-07/70 Oswego IL
Lawrence, Dave Crewchief/Door Gunner 69-70 Ottumwa IA
Lemon, Jeff Janet Door Gunner/Crewchief 177 07/71-11/71 DAT
Lietz, John Crewchief/Gunner 70 Sun Prairie WI
Lionti, Mike Diane Crewchief (Guns) 10/69-11/70 Newbury OH
Loveland, Ronald Ray Crewchief 295
On 7 February 1968, the 134th suffered it's first combat casualties. An entire crew and aircraft were lost while on a MACV support mission at Phu Bon near Cheo Reo. The aircraft flew MACV senior advisors and local commanders to a village that was to have been secured earlier in the morning by nearby PF (Popular Forces) ground troops. On arrival over the village there was no radio contact with the ground unit supposedly at the site but smoke was popped by someone on the ground and the crew landed. However, the PF troops had not yet arrived and the village was occupied by VC who had taken it over the previous night.

After landing and shutting down the aircraft, the crew and six others were ambushed and killed. The aircraft was set on fire and destroyed. Members of the crew were CW2 Roy E. Worth, CW2 Guido S. Reali, SGT Ronald R. Loveland and SGT Harold O. Hoskins. This was a very traumatic experience for everyone in the unit since the 134th was a close knit group and everyone knew the lost crewmembers well. The war hit home to all in a very personal way. After this, aircraft from the 134th were not allowed to land in remote locations without establishing radio contact with ground personnel or positive identification.

In a bizarre twist, less than an hour before the ambush of the crew, WO Trainee Hall and WO Mike Harding had been searching for a MACV advisor with the PF troops and had landed at the same village after smoke was popped on the ground. However, they did not shut down or get out of the aircraft. They saw what appeared to be local troops, waved to them (their waves were returned) and realizing their intended passenger was not there, they took off again.
2/7/1968 KIA
Luenburg, Stanley Crewchief 351 68-69
Mangiaracina, Ray (Groucho) Crewchief 70-71 Pineville LA
Marshall, Daniel A. Crewchief 01/68-01/69 Bigwater UT
McAfee, Charles Donna Mechanic/Crewchief 03/69-02/70 Erie PA
McAuley, Larry G. Crewchief 68-69 Sanford NC
McClain, Nathaniel J. Crewchief 01/68-08/69 Jacksonville FL
McCoy, Wendell (Mac) Door Gunner/Crewchief 06/70-06/71 Florence MS
McCrady, Steve Debbie Crewchief 12/69-11/70 DAT
McFie, Terry A. Crewchief 70-71 Portland OR
McGuinus, Ed Crewchief 71
Medina, Antonio Josey Door Gunner/Crewchief 09/70-12/71 Bryan TX
Merricks, Joseph C. Crewchief 03/69-02/70 Burlington NC
Metag, Gary Mary Crewchief 03/68-03/69 Glencoe DAT
Miller, Terence D. Served in Korea Crewchief 11/27/68 Minneapolis KIAK
Minogue, Jim Crewchief 67-68 Chalfont PA
Misner, Cecil E. Jr. Crewchief 2nd Flt Plt 71 Lebanon OR
Moffitt, Sammy Crewchief 046 03/70-11/70 Beaumont TX
Molek, Eugene Crewchief Gun Plt 08/68-08/69 Hastings PA
Monninger, Robert J. Sharon 67N20-Crewchief 11/67-11/68 Mount Pleasant WI
Morris, James A. Marcy Crewchief Guns 05/69-02/70 New Braunfels TX
Mosley, James 67N20 mechanic & crew chief 12/69-09/70 Tampa FL
Murphy, Bill Crewchief 01/70-12/70 Poplarville DAT
Muth, Kirk Annie Maintenance Team leader/Crewchief 11/67-07/69 Manor TX
Neiswanger, Don PE Team/Crewchief 03/68-03/69 Newville AL
Northrup, Herbert R. Jr. Gunner/Crewchief 69-71 Rensselaer NY
Omid, Milton Crewchief 3rd Plt. 03/69-??/71 Williston ND
Overstreet, Ed Crewchief/Door Gunner 02/70-03/71 Easley
Page, Addison William Jr. Avionics, Crewchief
October 1971, was a sad month for the unit with the loss of three crewmembers in the first major accident in over 250 days. Captain Gerald F. McGlone, SP5 Addison W. Page Jr. and SP4 Rafael Perez-Verdeja were test flying a UH-1C model aircraft when it crashed and burned for unknown reasons onto the PSP runway at Phu Hiep. All three crewmembers died in the crash. Addison Page arrived in the unit on 02/02/71.
02/71-10/71 Worcester KIA
Palmer, Robert Devil Crewchief 02/70-12/70 Katy DAT
Parshall, Brian Door Gunner/Crewchief 696 03/70-11/71 Hatfield PA
Pate, George T. Demon/Devil Crewchief 70-71 Rainbow City AL
Pemberton, Rick Marjorie D Crewchief 66-16319 1st Plt. 01/69-01/70 Grove City OH
Pena, Isidro (Ike) Crewchief 71 DAT
Pervall, Gary C. Crewchief 634 04/67-11/68 DAT
Peterson, Tom Crewchief 70 Medford OR
Pettit, Danny Violet Hanger Mechanic, Crew Chief on 062 Gunship 09/68-09/69 Orgas WV
Piper, Al Susan Tool Van, Maintenance Team & Crewchief Slick 66-17041 1st Plt. 01/69-02/70 Fort Gratiot MI
Plunk, Thomas Mark Crewchief/Door Gunner 05/71-12/71 Broken Arrow DAT
Poarch, Ronnie Demon Crewchief 69-70 DAT
Porter, Jim Crewchief 11/68-11/69 Paradise CA
Prout, Tom Crewchief 67-68 Harper TX
Prusky, Robert T Crewchief 636 02/68-02/69 East Nassau NY
Queen, Thomas M. Crewchief 67-68 Suffolk VA
Radke, James Crewchief 70 IL
Reyes, John J. Yolanda Crewchief, Maintenance 10/68-07/69 Modesto CA
Renz, Karl R. III Crewchief/Door Gunner 09/68-09/69 Phoenix AZ
Robb, Mike Crewchief 66632 Gun Plt 06/67-05/69 Klamath CA
Rodriguez, Patrick Karen Maintenance/Crewchief 03/69-05/70 Garden City MI
Rogers, Rubin F. Crewchief 68-70 DAT
Rogers, Tony Maintenance/Crewchief 70-71 Spartanburg
Sessions, D. A. Leuwanna Crewchief 66-16186 70 Loma CO
Shonk, Harold R. Sherron Crewchief 66-16319 1st Plt 11/67-10/68 Augusta GA
Smith, Stanley C. Crewchief 327 12/67-06/69 Smithfield RI
Smith, Steven W. Crewchief/Line Crew 12/68-07/69 Denton TX
Snell, Kenneth Betty Crewchief 69-71 Newport News VA
Sowell, Charles Crewchief 71 DAT
Speier, Ronald G. Crewchief 69-70 Canton MI
Spoon, Jerry Crewchief 69-70 Rutledge TN
Summers, Lincoln E. (Butch) Gail Served in Korea Crewchief 67 Broken Arrow DAT
Sutphen, Edward E. Crewchief 03/70-11/71 Phoenix AZ
Sutterfield, Jimmy Ray Elaines Served in Korea Crewchief/67N2F 04/68-11/68 Mt. Juliet TN
Swank, Frank Crewchief/Recovery Team 06/70-06/71 Ringtown PA
Tarnick, Stan Crewchief 11/68-11/69 >Genoa NE
Tijerina, Gustavo (TJ) Crewchief 11/69-11/70 San Angelo DAT
Torchia, Chuck Patricia Demon 61/Crewchief 01/68-02/69 Bradenton FL
Torres, Raymond (Ray) Crewchief 145 07/69-10/70 Springhill FL
Underwood, Hans J. Linda V. Crewchief 393/2nd Flt Plt site webmaster 09/70-12/71 Abingdon MD
Warth, Bob Vivian Crewchief 02/69-02/70 Pocatello DAT
Webb, John (PeeWee) Crewchief 66-16319 68 Prospect Park PA
Wiczek, Terry Sandy Devil Crewchief 02/69-12/71 Baudette DAT
Widener, Terry Crewchief 71 Avondale AZ
Wilcoxen, Charles A. Crewchief 668/Line Crew 70-71 Belpre OH
Wilkinson, David W. Crewchief 67-68
Worrell, Gilbert Jr. Crewchief 66147/gunner 05/67-10/68 Hampton VA
Yellowhorse, Wolfgang D. Crewchief 08/67-11/68 Lawrenceville GA
Zarosley, Casmer (Cass) Joan Crewchief 01/68-01/69 Canton MI
Zurawski, David G. Linda Maintenance/Crewchief 01/68-01/69 Rockwood MI