Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-34D tail number 148785
Date: 01/11/1967
Incident number: 67011110.KIA
Unit: HMM-363
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . .
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 1LT SHIELDS GARY DON KIA
P 1LT SCHENA ROBERT PETER KIA
C CPL WILSON ERNEST HOWARD KIA
C LCP WOOD PATRICK LEE KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
LCP BERRY TIMOTHY DALE, PX, MC, KIA
LCP COYNE WILLIAM FRANCIS, PX, MC, KIA
LCP FUCHS RICHARD ELLSWORTH, PX, MC, KIA
PFC LANGLEY FRANCIS LEE, PX, MC, KIA
LCP MOORE ALAN RANDAL, PX, MC, KIA
PFC ROSS SANDY LEE, PX, MC, KIA
War Story:
Crashed into heavy seas 1/2 mile south of Ky Ha due to an engine failure. All bodies were recovered.
This record was last updated on 07/24/2014
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