NAME: David D. Paulsen
NICKNAME:
RANK: Lieutenant Colonel
BRANCH: INF
STATUS: Retired
SERVICE: 24 years
DOB: 24 November 1937
SERVICE INFORMATION
HOURS FLOWN: 2805
COMBAT HOURS: 1093
FLT/NCO CLASS: 61-10
SCHOOL: University of Nebraska
MILITARY SCHOOL: Command and General Staff College
AVN DESIGNATION: Pilot, Co-Pilot, Instructor
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
CH-34C CH-47A OH-13E/G/H OH-23D/G
UH-1A/D/H
COMBAT EXPERIENCE
Vietnam, 11 months UH-1 pilot, participated Ia Drang Open, 1965-1966
Vietnam, 1 year as CH-47 pilot, including Tet Offensive, 1967-1968
UNIT ASSIGNMENTS
1962 502nd Aviation Company, 2nd Armor Division, FT Hood
1964-1965 21st Aviation Company, 5th BG, FT Rucker
1965-1966 C/229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cav Division
1967-1968 243rd Assault Support Helicopter Company, 1st Aviation Brigade
1972-1973 B/227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cav Division
POSITIONS HELD
Rotary Wing Aviator
Service Platoon Leader
Operations Officer
Company Commander
DECORATIONS
Air Medal [24]
Bronze Star [2]
Legion of Merit
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Added the phrase “he has to have peanut butter,” to “Man cannot live by bread alone”.
Never dropped an artillery piece
With wife Barbara, purchased, paid for, and manage a shrub/plant nursery, “Sunda Nursery”, in Dallas, TX