THE WALL - PANEL 29E

Crew and Spike Team UTAH Members on Rescue Helicopter HH-3, Jolly Green 26,
which was shot down and crashed on 09 November 1967 in Laos.

Row 47 - MSgt Bruce Raymond Baxter, US Army, Team Leader, Spike Team UTAH
Row 51 - Sp4 Joseph George Kusick, US Army, Radio Operator, Spike Team UTAH
Row 56 - Capt Ralph Wayne Brower, US Air Force, Co-Pilot, HH-3 Jolly Green 26, Rescue Helicopter
Row 57 - SSgt Eugene Lunsford Clay, US Air Force, Flight Engineer, HH-3 Jolly Green 26, Rescue Helicopter
Row 60 - Sgt Larry Wayne Maysey, US Air Force, Pararescueman, HH-3 Jolly Green 26, Rescue Helicopter

Row 55 - Sgt William Arthur Whitney, US Army, Crew Chief, Spartan 53,
killed 09 November 1967, trying to rescue the men who crashed on Jolly Green 26.

Gamble C. Dick, U.S. Army, Retired, led the team to find Jolly Green 26 in 1967. He has written a first-hand account of the search. Thank you Gamble for sharing it with us:

• Chapter 1:  I've a Bad Feeling About This...
• Chapter 2:  The "E Ticket" Ride
• Chapter 3:  Walking Naked
• Chapter 4:  If I Should Die Before I Wake...
• Chapter 5:  A Day Like No Other...

"Crash site photos are courtesy of Jeff Nash. The '67 photo was taken by PJ Angus MacDougal on JG 04 during our insert. White cloud is smoke laid down by A-1's. The discolored area to the left of the smoke is the LZ from the night before. Both JG-26 and Spartan 53 were hit there and rolled down the hill. The '95 picture will give you some idea of how steep it was. When the rain started and turned the clay to mud, it became unbelievably slippery."

"On the map, a small x marks the top of hill 891 where we set up our CP. (Upper left)"

-- Gamble C. Dick, U.S. Army, Retired

The crash site of Jolly Green 26 and Spartan 53 in 1967.

The crash site of Jolly Green 26 and Spartan 53 in 1995.

A map of the area where Jolly Green 26 and Spartan 53 crashed.

26 March 2007 - Latest Update on the Search

From Jeff Nash:

There's really no more news on any recovery of remains from the JG 26 crash site. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command out of Hawaii has been to the site a couple of times in the last few years and did some excavating, but no luck.

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