Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 154794
Date: 10/17/1968
Incident number: 68101761.KIA
Unit: HMM-161
South Vietnam
Casualties = 05 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA, KIAMAIN, USMC History Center Casualty File (Operations Report. )
Summary: Shot down coming out of Con Tien in the DMZ on a MEDEVAC flight. Crashed into a mountain.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC 1LT SWEET JAMES NEWTON KIA
P CPT POWELL JOSEPH LEWIS JR KIA
CE LCP CHEEK ROBERT MICHAEL KIA
G CPL FERRAZZANO JOHN RAYMOND KIA
C LCP FRANTZ WILLIAM DAVID KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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