Stanley Joseph Miller, Jr.
 

Warrant Officer
PILOT  UH-1H #66-00870
20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Sep 26, 1949
From: Elizabeth, New Jersey
His tour of duty began on Jan 14, 1970
Casualty was on Apr 27, 1970 in Pleiku, South Vietnam
Hostile, helicopter - crew air loss, crash on land
Body was recovered
Religion: Roman Catholic
(Panel 11W - Line 59)

 

Monday, 27 April 1970, Stanley was flying as pilot with CW2 Robert W. Gardner, aircraft commander, and SP5 George Tom, crew chief, flying a Command & Control mission for the 4th Infantry Division in the An Khe Pass, with 3 passengers on board when their aircraft, UH-1H 66-00870, was shot down near Pleiku, RVN.  The only surviving crew member, SP4 Gary Fields was gunner for the mission and has a concise recollection of the incident.  Gary remembers flying up the pass when the aircraft became targeted by .50 caliber fire from both sides.  CW2 Gardner took the brunt of the fire and slumped over the controls as the aircraft nosed over out of control.  When Gary realized that the aircraft was going to crash, he jumped from the ship and fell approximately 200 feet, landing in a rice patty.  Gary suffered multiple injuries as a result of the fall, and to this date is disabled.  He was the only survivor because he jumped from the aircraft as it crashed in front of the lead ship in a combat aviation assault.

 

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