Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-34D tail number 149329
Date: 11/17/1968
Incident number: 68111762.KIA
Unit: HMM-362
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was Landing at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size.
causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, FUEL SYS
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter made an Emergency Landing. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, NSC, USMC History Center Casualty File (Naval Safety
Center. Operations Report. )
Summary: Believed to be the HMM-362 UH-34D in which CE Anderson died of burns.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
CE LCP ANDERSON PHILLIP RUSSELL KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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