Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17349
The Army purchased this helicopter 0368
Total flight hours at this point: 00000988
Date: 01/14/1970
Incident number: 70011414.KIA
Unit: A/101 AVN 101 ABN
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YC458960 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYC458960)
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 WO1 RIZZO JOHN MICHAEL JR KIA
CE SP4 SCHWUCHOW GERALD LEE KIA
G SP5 TURNER CLARENCE S III KIA
P BUTLER DAVID M RES
Passengers and/or other participants:
CPL LITTLE WILLIAM G, PX, MC, KIA
War Story:
Butler, the only survivor was thrown out of the helicopter still in his seat. From: Chuck Whelan
This record was last updated on 05/09/2008
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