Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 153961
Date: 11/17/1969
Incident number: 69111717.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 on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BT219494 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBT219494)
Helicopter took 20 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (RPG)
causing Fragmentation Damage.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, TRANSMISSION, HYDRAULIC SYS, FLT CONTROLS
Casualties = 01 KIA, 03 WIA . .
Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: NSC, CH46,
JSIDR, HMM-262 Website (Naval Safety Center. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Summary: Believed to be the HMM-262 CH-46D which crashed on land due to hostile causes.
Crew Members:
C CPL ROGERS THOMAS FRANKLIN JR KIA
P 1LT ESMOND DONALD V WIA
G SGT RD MCREYNOLDS WIA
War Story:
HOSTILE: 17Nov69. 18 1/2 Mlles SE of Da Nang, Quang Tin Province, RVN. A/C CH-46D on emergency medevac mission in support of ROK Marines. A/C came under small arms and mortar fire while in LZ. MCREYNOLDS received gunshot wounds through chest and abdomen, gunshot wound lower mandible, gunshot wound of ankle. ESMOND received shrapnel wound to right leg. ROGERS was killed."
Source: http://www.popasmoke.com/kia/incidents.php?incident_id=234
This record was last updated on 09/23/1999
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