GREEN BERETS Payne, Eldon Ray (Duke)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Payne ​

• FORENAME

Eldon Ray (Duke) ​

• UNIT

former 5 SF Group (Sergeant) ​

• RANK

Warrant Officer First Class ​

• NUMBER

446362663 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th February 1970 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Sunny Lane Cemetery,Del City,Oklahoma County,Oklahoma Section 10​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Oklahoma City,Oklahoma​

born 7.2.1939​

married​

entered service 1957​

6 SF Group 1964-66​

46 SF Company 1966-67​

5 SF Group (HHC) 1967-68​

281 AHC (pilot) 1969-70​

awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Air Medal with 21 oak leaf clusters​

killed in helicopter crash (non hostile) Khanh Hoa Province,South Vietnam​

with 281st Assault Helicopter Company,10th Combat Aviation Bn,17th Combat Aviation Group,1st Aviation Brigade (in support of 5 SF Group)​

helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-17127 ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 13W Line 9 ​

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