Vietnam
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Fallen
Fallen
Bismarck, ND
County:
Burleigh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Specialist 5
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
190th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
145th Aviation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
1st Aviation Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
12th Aviation Group
Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
Circumstances:
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. Although his plane didn't crash, Don was killed in action when he was hit by anti-aircraft fire.
Biography:
He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens - Bismark, North Dakota.