Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-53A tail number 153281
Date: 05/01/1968
Incident number: 68050163.KIA
Unit: HMH-463
South Vietnam
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA, KIAMAIN, USMC History Center Casualty File (Operations Report. )
Summary: Crashed into the sea while landing on a carrier.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
G SGT EVANS DONALD RAY KIA
War Story:
Crashed into the sea about 22 miles northwest of Tan Me at 2056 hours. Four survivors were rescued about an hour later but the fifth man could not be found. The search was requested by USS Valley Forge (LPH8).
This record was last updated on 05/17/2008
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