Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number
Date: 08/19/1968
Incident number: 68081919.KIA
Unit: C/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident.
South Vietnam
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: War Story as related by a witness. Also: Ken Davis, MACV Summary for Aug 68 (TT 1070201003.pdf) p32 ()
Summary: Helicopter was downed by enemy ground fire 11 mi SW of Can Tho killing pilot and observer. Helicopter was destroyed.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT HERING ROBERT HENRY KIA
OB SGT PURTELL ROBERT BUCK KIA
This record was last updated on 09/11/2011
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