Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 153360
Date: 02/28/1968
Incident number: 68022888.KIA
Unit: HMM-262
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was an Unknown mission
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Attacking at 1500 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 23 MIA . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, NSC, CASRP, KIAMAIN, USMC Hist Cntr Cas File, WALLCAS
(Naval Safety Center. Operations Report. Casualty Report. )
Summary: Shot down enroute to Khe Sanh on a recovery mission, crashed, rolled down a mountain, exploded and burned.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC MAJ MEIXNER EDWIN GEORGE KIA
P CPT SEVELL ROBERT LEE KIA
CE CPL BENIGNI ALFREDO KIA
G CPL GARD DANNY D KIA
G SGT MCCABE MARC WAYNE KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
CPL BRADLEY KENNETH ROBERT, MC, C , KIA
LCP CHRISTMAN RONALD S H, MC, C , KIA
CPL COOPER DONALD NATHANIEL, MC, C , KIA
LCP THOTLAND JOHN ALFRED, MC, C , KIA
SGT TOTH JOHN PAUL, MC, C , KIA
CPL TURNER WILLIAM OLIVER, MC, PX, KIA
KIANOTCM
CPT STULL JAY WEBSTER, MC, PX, KIA
KIANOTCM
PFC STANTON EMMETT CHARLES, MC, PX, KIA
SGT PARSONS CHARLES EDWARD, MC, PX, KIA
SGT MIKELS JAMES HERBERT, MC, PX, KIA
CPT ELLIS JOHN PATRICK, MC, PX, KIA
LCP DWYER MATTHEW MURICE, MC, PX, KIA
CPL DEMPSEY RONALD LEE, MC, PX, KIA
LCP COLES KYLE J, MC, PX, KIA
CPL CALDWELL ROBERT EDWARD, MC, PX, KIA
PFC BALADES DAVID ZAVALA, MC, PX, KIA
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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