Gray, Richard Arlington

see PODELL

Name:  Richard Arlington Gray
Branch/Rank:  U.S. Army /  1LT
Unit:   USA COURIER STATION
Date of Birth:   05/21/1942
Home City of Record:  Dallas, TX
Date of Loss:  09 Jun 67
Country of Loss:  South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 
Status (in 1973):  NOT noted on PMSEA
Category: 
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:  C-130B
Missions:
Refno: 

Other Personnel in Incident:   Pilot CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer,
co-pilot CAPT Jerome F. Starkweather, navigator CAPT Richard W.
Podell, loadmaster SSGT Ricky L. Herndon, and flight engineers SSGT
Ira E. Scott and SSGT William E. Tyree. Its passengers (all U.S. Army)
were 1LT Richard A. Gray, SP5 Frank R. Ragusa, SP4 Craig R.
Schoenbaum, and SP5 Andrew H. Shimp.

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence
with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF =
Combined Action Combat Casualty File.  BIO ADDED 11/21/18

REMARKS:
 

Submitted by William M. Killian  October 2018

On June 9, 1967, a USAF C-130B Hercules (#58-0737) from the 29th Troop
Carrier Squadron, crashed approximately 12 miles east of Tan Son Nhut,
RVN. The C-130B, with ten persons aboard, was conducting a series of
scheduled logistics flights within South Vietnam. The last leg of the trip
was from Nha Trang to Saigon. As the aircraft neared Saigon it was vectored
around an artillery firing zone. The aircraft broke up in flight, with both wings
separating from the fuselage, and crashed. It was assumed that the structural
failure resulted from ground fire. There were no survivors. The lost crew
included pilot CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer, co-pilot CAPT Jerome F.
Starkweather, navigator CAPT Richard W. Podell, loadmaster SSGT Ricky L.
Herndon, and flight engineers SSGT Ira E. Scott and SSGT William E. Tyree.
Its passengers (all U.S. Army) were 1LT Richard A. Gray, SP5 Frank R. Ragusa,
SP4 Craig R. Schoenbaum, and SP5 Andrew H. Shimp.
[Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and aviation-safety.net]

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Podell was not on the POW/MIA lists.   

Nor are    "The lost crew included pilot CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer,
co-pilot CAPT Jerome F. Starkweather, navigator CAPT Richard W. Podell,
loadmaster SSGT Ricky L. Herndon, and flight engineers SSGT Ira E. Scott and
SSGT William E. Tyree."

His name is NOT on the Indiana Accounted for nor Unaccounted for Indiana Lists.  

He IS noted as accounted for if you use DPAA search feature in their web page.    The others are not.