Vietnam
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Fallen

Bismarck, ND

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
SP5

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
190th Aviation Company,145th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group

Circumstances:

In HUA NGHIA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, HELICOPTER - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Biography:

SP5 Don Vollmer was the crew chief of UH-1D (#64-13573) that received hostile fire while on a reconnaissance mission out of a 5th Special Forces compound. He was killed in the hail of machine gun fire that the aircraft received during this investigation of a series of huts. Buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens - Bismark, North Dakota.