Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 154015
Date: 03/23/1969
Incident number: 69032303.KIA
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was at Hover at 0030 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 3 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (12.7MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, ENGINE
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: NSC, CASRP,
JSIDR (Naval Safety Center. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
P 1LT HENRICKS CHARLES DRAYTON KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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