- SURNAME
Doss
- FORENAME
Robert William (Bob)
- UNIT
Det 4,Bien Hoa AB,Pacific Air Rescue Center (PARC)
- RANK
Airman First Class
- NUMBER
13635064
- DATE OF DEATH
27th April 1965
- AGE
27
- GRAVESITE
Fort Harrison National Cemetery,Richmond,Henrico County,Virginia Section E Site 793
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Richmond,Virginia
born 29.6.1937 Virginia
married (4 children)
entered service 1956
re-enlisted 1960
Kincheloe AFB,Michigan 1961-64 (HH-43B Husky helicopters)
fire protection specialist/rescueman
died from non hostile causes Bien Hoa Air Base,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 109
FAC Association shows him as serving in 505 Tactical Air Support Group
FAC Memorial,Wright Patterson AFB,Dayton,Ohio
A note from the Virtual Wall
The U.S. force build-up that began after the Gulf of Tonkin incident placed demands on the USAF Air Rescue Service. The Pacific Air Rescue Center (PARC) did not have the resources to meet these demands, making it necessary to order stateside units to Southeast Asia on a temporary duty basis. On 20 October 1964, PARC Det 4 was activated at Bien Hoa with the first three HH-43F's in Southeast Asia (tail numbers 63-9711, 63-9712, and 63-9716). Airman First Class Robert Doss was a firefighter and rescueman with PARC Det 4.
On 27 April 1965, at 1605 hours, an A-1 Skyraider of the RVNAF 23rd Tactical Wing, fully fueled and laden with Mk82 500-pound bombs, crashed during take-off. A1C Doss and his crew responded immediately. As the rescue crew approached the burning aircraft to rescue the pilot, the ordinance on the aircraft exploded. A1C Doss was struck in the chest by a fragment from the exploding aircraft and was killed.
DATE OF DEATH:
27-Apr-1965
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