Helicopter UH-1C 66-00611

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00611
The Army purchased this helicopter 0966
Total flight hours at this point: 00000712
Date: 11/27/1968
Incident number: 68112720.KIA
Unit: HHB/4/77 ARA 101 ABN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Close Air Support
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at UNK feet and UNK knots.
The station for this helicopter was Thua Thien Province in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: ZC171951
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 = 05 DOI . . Number killed in accident = 0 . .
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, 33203 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC WO1 BRINKMEYER JOHN WILLIAM KIA
P LTC BARTHOLOMEW ROGER JAY KIA
G SP4 BARBER ERNEST LEE KIA
CE SP5 MARTINSEN LOREN DAUNE KIA

Passengers and/or other participants:
COL VOGEL EDWARD BARRY, AR, OB, KIA

War Story:
As former Div.Radio Officer for the 101st Airborne Div and a friend of Col.Edward B. Vogel, I was monitoring his freq at the time that he was shot down. As I rember it another chopper in his ARA Bn had taken hits and had gone down. Col Vogel directed his chopper to go in for support and/or rescue and was shot down. Sorry that I can't remember much more about this. Jim Fogle foglej@tampabar.rr.com COL Vogel was the Div Arty CO at the time and LTC Bartholomew was the 4/77th ARA Bn CO at the time. From Stephen Rinish, Bn Operations NCO

This record was last updated on 07/02/2005

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007