Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number
Date: 08/19/1968
Incident number: 68081919.KIA
Unit: C/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Target Marking at 0050 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Unknown groundfire.
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Exploded
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNOF, 80333, CRAFX (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Crash Facts Message. )
Summary: Sources indicate that this was the C/7/1st Cav LOH in which Hearing and Purtell were killed.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT HERING ROBERT HENRY KIA
OB SGT PURTELL ROBERT BUCK KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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