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Sergeant

Glen Gordon Wilson

United States Air Force Security Forces — JBSA-Lackland, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 9, 1971

Age 22

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

The Vigil Panel 109 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 40

Incident

Sergeant Glen Wilson, Staff Sergeant Terry Wright, Sergeant Bernard Blake, Sergeant David Cloe, Airman First Class Larry Hughes, and Airman Johnny Brock were killed when their UH-1F Iroquois helicopter crashed approximately 14 miles north of Wall, South Dakota.

All six Security Policemen were en route to begin the routine changeover of security personnel for guard duty at a local Missle Silo site. While en route, the pilot radioed dispatch at Ellsworth AFB that he was experiencing mechanical problems with the aircraft and would be making an emergency landing in a pasture to determine what was wrong. The pilot lost control of the aircraft while making the emergency landing and crashed on its right side, trapping the crew inside the aircraft, which became engulfed in flames. The pilot who was the lone survivor of the accident was able to escape through the pilot bubble and was rescued by another helicopter that was en route to the same missile silo to changeover security personnel.

All six Security Policemen were assigned to the 821st Military Police Squadron at Ellsworth AFB.

Sergeant Wilson was a United States Air Force veteran for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, brother, and sister.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Wilson gave the United States Air Force Security Forces 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Air Force Security Forces

Type Federal Agency

Location JBSA-Lackland, TX

Platform Identity usafsffed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 9, 1971

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 22

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Glen Gordon Wilson served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Glen Gordon Wilson is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Air Force Security Forces, 28 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 68.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Air Force Security Forces

of 41 officers

68.3% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident