Eureka Lavern Schmittou

Vietnam War
UnitHelicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2
RankAircrew Survival Equipmentman First Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromRinggold Texas
Date of DeathMay 23 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Aircrew Survival Equipmentman, First Class Schmittou was a member of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 2, Carrier Anti-Submarine Group 57 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS HORNET (CVS-12). On May 23, 1967, he was flying in a Lockheed Viking Anti-Submarine Helicopter (SH-3A) on a search and rescue mission over the Gulf of Tonkin and became lost. A life raft was found but his remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.