WEBB ROBERT MITCHELL JR

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Name: 1LT Robert Mitchell Webb, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/17/1971 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 26.3
Date of Birth: 07/11/1945
Home City: Columbus, GA
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: A/101 AVN 101 ABN
Prior Unit: 192 AHC
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 71-8
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 02W-042
Short Summary: Crash resulting from inadvertent IFR while on a night flare mission about 10 miles west of Camp Eagle, Hue. See Searing.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 67-19497
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: A/C Accident
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: unknown
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: aircraft commander
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 06/01/1971
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
The initial status of this person was: non-hostile missing - P I D
Length of service: *
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: YD740076
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
Burial information: OAK HILL CEMETERY, NEWNAN, GA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 07/29/1995


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