Alwin Wyche Peace

Airman Second Class Alwin Wyche Peace died in a transport plane crash on March 25, 1965 near Alencon, France during the Vietnam War.  He was 22 years old.

Alwin Wyche Peace was born on November 10, 1942 in Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina, the son of Thomas Edwin Peace Sr and Lorene Elizabeth Taylor Peace.

A2C Peace was inducted into the U.S. Air Force on ______ and served with the 779th Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Wing based at Pope Air Force Base, Pope Field, North Carolina. 

On the evening of 25 March 1965, USAF C-130E Hercules 63-7797 of the 779th Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Wing, Pope Air Force Base, flying for the 464th Troop Carrier Wing at Evreux, France, hit a high-tension line on a ridge top and crashed near Alençon, France, killing all seven crew.

Airman Second Class Alwin Wyche Peace is buried in the Taylor Family Cemetery, Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina.

Last edited: 8 June 2026