Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17809
The Army purchased this helicopter 0968
Total flight hours at this point: 00000757
Date: 06/03/1969
Incident number: 69060333.KIA
Unit: 2 BDE 1 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT928515 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT928515)
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 SEDDIG WALTER S KIA
P 1LT VALE CHARLES KIA
CE SP4 VOGLER GREGORY RAYMOND KIA
G SGT JOHNSON STEPHEN DUANE KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
WO1 BONINE THOMAS MARVIN, AR, PP, KIA
WO1 RICHARDSON DONALD HAROLD, AR, PP, KIA
This record was last updated on 08/10/2008
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Date posted on this site:
08/17/2025
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War Story:
While looking up information on two members of my unit in Vietnam, I found something that may not be exactly accurate. As I remember it Warrant Officers Donald Harold Richardson and Thomas Marvin Bonine had caught a ride from Phu Loi to Phuoc Vihn. They were killed on a subsequent return flight, on take off, from Phuoc Vihn.
From: Fred Baker