Helicopter CH-46A 151922


Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46A tail number 151922
Date: 03/29/1968 MIA-POW file reference number: 1111
Incident number: 68032916.KIA
Unit: HMM-165
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on Take-Off at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD553043 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD553043)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 POW, 01 MIA, 01 K . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Destroyed by friendly forces
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Reference Notes. Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: 1111, NSC, CASRP, Dan McDyre (Naval Safety Center. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC CPT PJ MONTAGUE POW
CP 1LT BR ARCHER POW
CE CPL HINZ DAVID LEE KIA


War Story:
In support of SAMURAI IV, HMM-165 committed a flight of four CH-46As to augment the 281st AHC's support for the Special Forces and their Mobile Strike Force CIDGs. I was the HMM-165 flight leader. As the mission for the day unfolded Capt. Romero’s CH-46A was shot down about 300 meters from the zone resulting in four KIAs (including LCPT Barr, the gunner) and six WIAs. Capt. Montague and 1Lt. Archer received heavy fire while trying to land near the survivors and dead from Capt. Romero’s crew. They attempted to pick another suitable zone near the crash site, when they had a blade strike with a tree and the aircraft crashed. At first we thought Montague, Archer, and their crew were dead. But two days later, a Marine accident investigation team was able to get into this CH-46A. They reported no signs of blood or bodies and that the restraining harnesses had been cut. A few days later, Hanoi Radio mentioned them by name, so we knew the NVA had them. In 1973 I represented the Marine Corps in Hanoi and flew out with Montague and Archer to Clark Field on the third Operation HOMECOMING flight. Submitted by Dan McDyre, Jan 1994.

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998


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