Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16319
Date: 02/06/1969
Incident number: 69020666.KIA
Unit: 134 AHC
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: War Story as related by a witness. Also: 134 AHC web site ()
Summary: Hit by small arms fire hovering around downed Huey in a hot LZ while supporting the ROK.
Crew Members:
G SP4 OGDEN WILLIAM STEPHEN KIA
War Story:
the 134th AHC history at
http://webdev.loyola.edu/hunder/History.htm
has the following:
"On 6 February 1969, the 134th conducted a Combat Assault with ROK units near
Phan Rang. At the landing zone, the VC were waiting in spider holes for the
incoming aircraft. The lead ship was hit by ground fire and crashed in the LZ
while another (66-16326) was destroyed by a B-40 rocket as it landed. CW2
William M. Harrison, the AC with 24 days left in country, was killed by
shrapnel from the B-40. The crewchief, SP4 John Baxter, was hit numerous
pieces of shrapnel and also took a hit in a leg that had to later be amputated.
"The last ship (66-16319) in the 3 ship formation went around the crashed
lead ship. As it did, it was hit by a hail of fire and a round hit the gunner,
PFC William Ogden, in the neck killing him instantly. The rest of the crew
somehow escaped serious jury and managed to get the badly damaged ship back to
Phan Rang Air Base."
This record was last updated on 11/03/2004
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