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Today in History – November 29, 1970 – C-123K Transport crash takes 3 F-100 pilots

29 November 1970 – It was a very bad day. For the 3rd time in two days, there was an accident with a U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider transport. On November 29th, 3 F-100 pilotS: 1Lt Elmon C. “Mike” Caudill (615TFS), 1Lt Charles Louis Kollenberg (352TFS), and 1Lt Jon Marc King (615TFS) along with

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Rodney Marland Hofman

Preferred Name: Rod
Date of Birth: October 6, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Sequim, WA
Headed West Date: October 29, 2021
Biography
Pilot Information
Headed West

Rod Hofman flew the F-100 from 1966-1967 with the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Win out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 1966-1967 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Rod M. Hofman, SSS Member, “Headed West” on October 29, 2021.

Sequim, WA,  resident Rodney Marland Hofman died from natural causes at Dungeness Courte Memory Care in Sequim.

He was 88.

A graveside funeral was held on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at Tahoma National Cemetery,  Kent, WA.

Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel, Sequim, was in charge of arrangements.

www.sequimvalleychapel.com

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