Name: WO1 Arthur Fletcher Chaney
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 05/03/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 20.9
Date of Birth: 06/27/1947
Home City: Vienna, VA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: A/1/9 CAV 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 67-17/67-15
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 54E-024
Short Summary: West of Khe Sanh near "Co Roc" engaged NVA crew served weapon on east side of A Shau Valley. See McKain.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 66-15332
Call sign: Apache?
Service number: W3157732
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 062B = Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
Primary cause: SVN-BNR
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: unknown or not reported
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: co-pilot
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
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