CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - The names of those killed in the helicopter crash Saturday in Vietnam are listed below.
Service, Rank, Name, Job Title, Unit
Army Lt. Col. Rennie M. Cory Jr., Detachment 2 Commander, JTF-FA
Army Lt. Col. George D. Martin III, Incoming Detachment 2 Commander, 1st Bn., 32nd Infantry Regt.
Air Force Maj. Charles E. Lewis, Detachment 2 Deputy Commander, JTF-FA
Air Force Master Sgt. Steven L. Moser, Vietnamese Linguist, JTF-FA
Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Pedro J. Gonzales, Consolidated Divers Unit, San Diego, Calif.
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Flynn, Vietnamese Linguist, JTF-FA
Army Sgt. 1st Class Tommy J. Murphy, Mortuary Affairs/Team Sergeant, Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii
The next of kin have been notified. Positive identification of all the remains is pending.
Vietnamese members killed included two members of the Vietnamese Office of Seeking Missing Persons. The VNOSMP is the Vietnamese agency that assists Joint Task Full Accounting in its investigation and recover efforts in Vietnam. Additionally, three Vietnamese aircrew members and four aircraft technicians were lost.
For media queries concerning Army and Air Force personnel, contact the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting Public Affairs at (808) 477-5301.
For media queries about Chief Petty Officer Gonzales, call Pacific Fleet Public Affairs at (808) 471-3769.