Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-1E tail number 151847
Date: 12/09/1965
Incident number: 65120909.KIA
Unit: VMO-2
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BT125315 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBT125315)
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC MAJ REILLY DONALD JOSEPH KIA
P CPT CHESTER JOHN C
CE LCP OWNS JAMES M
G OTJEN
War Story:
AC shot through the neck and killed and pilot received broken back during crash.
This record was last updated on 12/27/2012
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