unit history information
for 155 AHC

For date 680419


155 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Incident reference: 680419061ACD This information is available on CD-ROM.
Phu Bon Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Description: The 155th Aviation Company unit history states: "Perhaps the wrost tragedy in the history of the company occured when two UH-1H helicopters collided in mid-air while flying formation during a combat assault. All personnel aboard both aircraft were killed. Four officer aviators and four enlisted crewmembers from the 155th lost their lives in this unexplained accident, along with 18 Vietnamese military passengers."

The source for this information was 1968 Unit History of the 155th AVN by SP4 Royce J. Campbell


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