Frankie Eugene Allgood

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Medium Helicopter Squadron 363
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromFt. Scott Kansas
Date of DeathMarch 26 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 363, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. On March 26, 1968, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) transporting wounded marines to medical facilities. As his aircraft crossed the South China Sea in bad weather it crashed about three miles from Da Nang, South Vietnam killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Lieutenant Colonel Allgood was a member of the