Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15137
The Army purchased this helicopter 0270
Total flight hours at this point: 00000394
Date: 12/14/1970
Incident number: 70121444.KIA
Unit: 326 MED 101 ABN
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD313180 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD313180)
Casualties = 05 DOI . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Summary: Night/bad weather medevac, hit Coc Muen Mountain (Hill 1298) 19 km N-NW of A Luoi village. 5 killed.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 BRASS PAUL ROBERT KIA
P WO1 FREEMAN RANDALL GAYLORD KIA
MD SSG JOHNSON STEVE FREDDIE KIA
MD SP4 KUERSTEN JEFFERY DAVID KIA
CE SP4 MURPHY JOHN WILLIAM KIA
This record was last updated on 03/27/2020
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