Name: CW3 George Andrews Howes
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/10/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Declared dead on 11/06/1978.
Age at death: 19.6
Date of Birth: 06/15/1950
Home City: Knox, IN
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 71 AHC, 14 CAB
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 69-23
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 14W-023
Short Summary: Chu Lai. Crashed into South China Sea because of a heavy rain storm. See CPT Herb Crosby.
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-00739
Call sign: Firebirds
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Primary cause: SVN-BNR
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: co-pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 09/14/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
The initial status of this person was: non-hostile missing - bonified
Length of service: *
Location: Quang Tin Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: BT107143
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing
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: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 07/20/1996
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