Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-34D tail number 145804
Date: 04/11/1968
Incident number: 68041111.KIA
Unit: HMM-163
South Vietnam
Casualties = 08 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA, KIAMAIN, USMC History Center Casualty Files (Operations Report. )
Summary: Mid-air with VMO-6 UH-1E, 154968, east of Camp Carol returning to Dong Ha on a medevac mission letting down through overcast.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC CPT GANNON EUGENE RICHARD KIA
P 2LT HOLDEN JOHN PARKER II KIA
CE CPL GRATEN FREDERICK DUNHAM KIA
G CPL NIXON JOHN ARLEIGH KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
CPL BELCHER ROBERT WINSLOW, MC, PX, KIA
PFC DAVIDSON DENNIS ROBERT, MC, PX, KIA
PFC ERWIN RICHARD EUGENE, MC, PX, KIA
PFC FINLEY CHARLES RICHARD, MC, PX, KIA
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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