Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08691
Date: 07/20/1965
Incident number: 65072022.KIA
Unit: 119 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at UNK feet and 090 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P1, 01263,
CASRP, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
G SP4 TRIPLETT JOHNNY RAY KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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