Information on U.S. Army helicopter CH-47C tail number 69-17119
The Army purchased this helicopter 0970
Total flight hours at this point: 00000990
Date: 10/31/1972
Incident number: 72103110.KIA
Unit: 18 CAC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XS321413 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXS321413)
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 HOWARD STEVEN DALE KIA
P CW2 VANLANDINGHAM RONALD LEE KIA
FE SP5 WISCHEMANN DAVID EDWARDS KIA
CE SP4 FREEMAN RICHARD BARTON KIA
G SP4 THOMAS TIMOTHY ARMA KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
SP4 BROWN JAMES DAVID, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 CALDERON LOUIS OSCAR, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 CHAMBLISS ROGER RIDGELY, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 GOODCHILD RAYMOND LEE, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 HUNTER MILTON CHARLES, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 STEWART CHARLES LEROY JR, AR, PAX, KIA
SP4 WOOD DELBERT ROY, AR, PAX, KIA
CPT FINNEGAN DENNIS WILLIAM, AR, PAX, KIA
SSG MCSWINEY CHARLES A JR, AR, PAX, KIA
1LT SPENCER KENNETH JAMES, AR, PAX, KIA
War Story:
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This record was last updated on 11/11/2008
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