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Incident
Sergeant Thomas Meredith, Senior Airman Marion Pace, Senior Airman David Jones, Staff Sergeant Richard Bohling, and their two pilots were all killed when their UH-1F Iroquois helicopter crashed near Passaic, Missouri.
All four Security Policeman were providing security for a routine Air Force convoy transporting weapons system from AFB Whiteman to a launch silo near Passaic, Mo. An Air Force investigation revealed the helicopter's main rotor blade dipped out of position and struck the tail of the aircraft, which then broke apart.
Sergeant Meredith served with the United States Air Force Security Forces for less than four years. He was assigned to the 352nd Missile Security Squadron.
Sergeant Thomas Meredith, Senior Airman Marion Pace, Senior Airman David Jones, Staff Sergeant Richard Bohling, and their two pilots were all killed when their UH-1F Iroquois helicopter crashed near Passaic, Missouri.
I was assigned to the same security flight with Thomas. I remember him as a big, fun loving guy. We called him Tiny. I was transferred over seas a year before the accident and a friend told me about it in later years. I’m so sorry this happened and pray he knew the Lord Jesus before. I wish I could have visited his family to give my condolences and tell them what a good guy he was.
Mark Furr SSGT USAF December 13th, 2024
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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 Meredith gave the United States Air Force Security Forces 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas P. Meredith served in the the United States military (1978â1982) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Thomas P. Meredith 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.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Thomas P. Meredith served in the U.S. Air Force (1978–1982) before joining law enforcement.
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