DACEY BERTRAND JAHN

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Name: CPT Bertrand Jahn Dacey
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 04/27/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 25.5
Date of Birth: 11/10/1943
Home City: New York, NY
Service: FA branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: ACT/11 ACR
Major organization: 11th Armored Cavalry
Flight class: 68-508/68-12
Service: FA branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 26W-061
Short Summary: Shot down near Quan Loi.
Aircraft: OH-6A tail number 66-17768
Service number: O5228721
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 61204
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 08/11/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Tay Ninh Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: MORAVIAN CEMETERY, STATEN ISLAND, NY
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/09/1997


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