Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 152563
Date: 10/06/1968
Incident number: 68081662.KIA
Unit: HMM-262
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was Landing at 0100 feet and 075 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 5 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM, 12.7MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Canopy
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: MISC, CASRP, KIAMAIN (Miscellaneous. Casualty Report. )
Summary: Believed to be the CH-46 that received SA fire on waveoff to an LZ which wounded and killed SGT Smith, the gunner.
Crew Members:
G SGT SMITH ELDON WAYNE KIA
AC MAJ WELLS JAMES
This record was last updated on 09/23/1999
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