Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16573
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00001005
Date: 04/11/1970
Incident number: 70041122.KIA
Unit: C/7/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0100 feet and 090 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BR806651 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBR806651)
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. (12.7MM)
causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI . .
The helicopter Crashed. 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, LNNF, JSIDR, CRAFX, FM385, CASRP (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
OB SP4 GARRETT ALONZO KIA
P W1 HARRINGTON CHICK
War Story:
I was Mission Lead (C&C) that day. Their LOH was making its second pass over a suspected NVA position (believed to be part of the 3rd NVA "Yellow Star" Division, in the Sui Cau Valley, north of Qui Nhon), when he was hit in the chest by a .51 Cal machine gun. The rounds went right thru his "chicken plate." The LOH crashed about 500 yards from where the enemy gun position was.
With cover from two Cobras and the second LOH, we landed the C&C (UH-1H) and recovered his body just as the ship xploded.
The rest of the crew escaped with minor injuries suffered in the crash. Submitted by Peter A. Kacerguis, December 1996
This record was last updated on 12/28/2000
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