Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-13S tail number 63-09097
The Army purchased this helicopter 0164
Total flight hours at this point: 00002423
Date: 05/09/1968
Incident number: 68050999.KIA
Unit: HHC 1 BDE 1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was an Unknown mission
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YC500388
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit causing Fragmentation Damage.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 KIA . .
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, LNNF, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format
Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 LANIER DAYTON WAYNE KIA
CE CPL FRANKHAUSER CHRIS WALTER KIA
This record was last updated on 05/23/2004
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