Joseph C. Cheney
Pilot, Military Person
1920 – 1963
Who was Joseph C. Cheney?
Joseph Curtis Cheney, II was a pilot for Air America during the Vietnam War.
On September 5, 1963, Cheney took off on a mission with fellow Americans, Eugene DeBruin and Charles Herrick, Thai Pisidhi Indradat, Prasit Promsuwan and Prasit Thanee, and Chinese Y.C. To. During a flight over Laos, his C-46 aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed about 2 kilometers from Tchepone in the Savannakhet Province.
Cheney and co-pilot Herrick were killed in the crash. DeBruin, Y.C. To, and the three Thai nationals parachuted to safety, but were immediately captured by the Pathet Lao.
Cheney's remains were returned to the United States on July 10, 2001.
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