Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16326
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00001432
Date: 02/06/1969
Incident number: 69020606.KIA
Unit: 134 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Command and Control
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BN970863 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBN970863)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (B-40 RKT)
causing an Explosion.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 02 INJ . .
Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CASRP, CRAFX (Operations Report. Lindenmuth
New Format Data Base. Crash Facts Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 HARRISON WILLIAM MILAM KIA
CE SP4 BAXTER JOHN WIA
War Story:
the 134th AHC history at
http://webdev.loyola.edu/hunder/History.htm
has the following:
"On 6 February 1969, the 134th conducted a Combat Assault with ROK units near
Phan Rang. At the landing zone, the VC were waiting in spider holes for the
incoming aircraft. The lead ship was hit by ground fire and crashed in the LZ
while another (66-16326) was destroyed by a B-40 rocket as it landed. CW2
William M. Harrison, the AC with 24 days left in country, was killed by
shrapnel from the B-40. The crewchief, SP4 John Baxter, was hit numerous
pieces of shrapnel and also took a hit in a leg that had to later be amputated.
"The last ship (66-16319) in the 3 ship formation went around the crashed
lead ship. As it did, it was hit by a hail of fire and a round hit the gunner,
PFC William Ogden, in the neck killing him instantly. The rest of the crew
somehow escaped serious jury and managed to get the badly damaged ship back to
Phan Rang Air Base."
This record was last updated on 11/03/2004
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