Delta Company 1/20

Delta Company, 1st Of The 20th, 11th Light Infantry Brigade
Americal Division

Thomas Lee Gaines, Jr

March 5, 1944 - March 1, 1969

Thomas Lee Gaines, Jr joined Delta Company in November 1968. Thomas and four other men were lost in the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of five men of the Third Platoon and the entire chopper crew. There were only two survivors. The crash took place on a hillside, overlooking the Song Ve River.
    The other four men were James Craft, Rodney Goode, Jimmy Gross and David Lovegren. One of our Third Platoon members has commented that these five men were as fine a group of men as could be found.
Alan Conger

Photo was taken by David Lovegren in February 1969