Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16239
The Army purchased this helicopter 0868
Total flight hours at this point: 00002133
Date: 01/09/1971
Incident number: 71010919.KIA
Unit: A/377 ART 101 ABN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was Unknown at 0100 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD201750
Helicopter took 4 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 = 03 DOI . .
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, FM385 (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New
Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CW2 WIRTH GORDON LEE JR KIA
CE CPL SYSAK CRAIG ALAN KIA
OB SP4 LILLEY DAVID WILLIAM KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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