Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00523
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00001038
Date: 09/29/1968
Incident number: 68092929.KIA
Unit: ACT/11 ACR
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YS442910
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA, 04 DOI . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
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, UH1P3, 27301 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 HARRIS JERRY LEE KIA
P WO1 ROLLINS WILLIAM PAUL KIA
CE SP5 SHEPHERD BLAINE JOSEPH KIA
G SP4 MATUSKA JOHN JAMES KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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