Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 65-09543
The Army purchased this helicopter 0566
Total flight hours at this point: 00002333
Date: 01/11/1972
Incident number: 72011110.KIA
Unit: 162 AHC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: WR190000 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PWR190000)
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 CPT VEHLING ROBERT WAYNE KIA
P WO1 EDDY JOHN DAVID KIA
CE SP5 TAWNEY GARY WAYNE KIA
G SGT MANTOOTH LEONARD HAYES JR KIA
This record was last updated on 03/04/2011
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