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| NAME: |
Leroy Knippa |
| NICKNAME: |
Roy |
| RANK: |
Lieutenant
Colonel |
| BRANCH: |
AV |
| STATUS: |
Retired |
| SERVICE: |
27 years |
| DOB: |
04 October
1934 |
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| SERVICE
INFORMATION |
| |
| HOURS
FLOWN: |
3689 |
| COMBAT
HOURS: |
339 |
| FLT/NCO
CLASS: |
23
Jul 73 |
| SCHOOL: |
Texas
A&M University |
| MILITARY
SCHOOL: |
Command
and General Staff College |
| AVN
DESIGNATION: |
Master
Army Aviator |
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| |
| AIRCRAFT
INFORMATION |
| |
| CH-21C |
CH-34C |
O-1A/E/D |
OH-13E/G/H |
| OH-23D/G |
U-6A |
U-8D/F/G |
UH-1A/B/C/D/H |
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| |
| COMBAT
EXPERIENCE |
| |
| Aircraft
Recovery in III and IV Corps |
| Aircraft
Maintenance Supervision, III Corps (Tet) |
| Participated
with battalion-size air assaults |
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| |
| UNIT
ASSIGNMENTS |
| |
| 1967 |
56th
Transportation, Vietnam |
| 1968 |
HHC,
12th Combat Aviation Group, Vietam (thru
Tet) |
| 1963-1964 |
49th
Transportation (DS), Korea |
| 1962-1963 |
3rd
Transportation Company ("The Third
Heard") |
| |
91st
and 110th Transportation Companies, 8th
Tans Bn, Germany |
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| |
| POSITIONS
HELD |
| |
| Platoon
Leader and Commander |
| Executive
Officer and Company Commander |
| Test
Pilot |
| Transportation/Aviation
Staff Officer |
| Executive
Officer, Aviation Depot, CCAD |
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| |
| DECORATIONS |
| |
| Legion
of Merit |
| Bronze
Star |
| Air
Medal [7] |
| Meritorious
Service Medal |
| Army
Commendation Medal |
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| |
| SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS |
| |
| Directed
recovery of 50 downed aircraft |
| Spearheaded
the first Air LOC for aviation parts,
CONUS to USAEUR, from study phase to
implementation of test operations with
the Air Force MAC; seeing it officially
adopted by the Army DCSLOG prior to
retirement; saving millions of dollars in
special air lift. |
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