DOLLAHITE MICHAEL C

LT Michael C Dollahite was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 11/02/1986 at the age of 38.8 from A/C accident
El Paso, TX
Flight Class 71-16
Date of Birth 02/01/1948
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard
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More detail on this person: Ugak Island, AK Helicopter Crash, Nov 1986 HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS SURGEON, 5 CREWMEN. Kodiak, Alaska (UPI) -- A Coast Guard helicopter flying to a remote village to help a man injured in a football game slammed into a rocky island and burst into flames, killing a surgeon and the five others aboard, officials said. The Sikorsky HH-3F chopper crashed into uninhabited Ugak Island late Sunday night en route to Akhiok, a settlement of about 90 Aleut villagers on the southwestern end of Kodiak Island, the Coast Guard disclosed Monday. The crash site is some 40 miles south of the Coast Guard Air Station on Kodiak and about 275 miles southwest of Anchorage. Special climbing teams flown to the rugged Ugak Island searched the wreckage Monday and found four bodies, Coast Guard Petty Officer Glenn Rosenholm said, adding, "There are no apparent survivors." The flaming wreckage made it easy for searchers to find the crash site, but bad weather prevented a Coast Guard launch from landing on the beach, and steep terrain made the search difficult, Rosenholm said. The cause of the crash was unknown. "We just don't know how it happened," said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Farmer. News of the crash hit hard at the Coast Guard Air Station on Kodiak, said Lt. Terk Williams, a helicopter pilot who knew all six victims. He described Ugak Island as a 1,050 foot rock rising out of the sea. The dead were: U.S. Public Health Service physician DAVID M. ROCKMORE, 52, of Cambridge, Pa. Lt. MICHAEL C. DOLLAHITE, 38, El Paso, Texas. Lt. ROBERT L. CARSON, JR., 38, Bostic, N.C. KEVIN M. McKRACKEN, 25, Springfield, Ore. WILLIAM G. KEMP, 27, Docena, Ala. RALPH D. KING, 24, Arden, N.C.

Burial information: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024