Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Killed in Action (KIA) on
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Date range on this panel 10/28/69 - 11/28/69

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No. Rank Name                       Duty Unit                 Type   Number
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                 Incident Date 691028
020 1LT James Frederick Spencer       P  C/227 AHB 1 CAV      UH-1H  68-15767              
119 WO1 John Hezekiah Whittington     AC 57 AHC               UH-1C  66-15129            
001 PFC Ezequiel Torres, Jr.          G  192 AHC              UH-1C  66-15075
001 WO1 John Paul Wright              P  192 AHC              UH-1C  66-15075       

Incident Date 691029 001 SP5 Gerald Thomas Greeno, Jr. O D/3/5 CAV OH-6A 68-17186 005 WO1 Conrad Jack Wheeler P D/3/5 CAV OH-6A 68-17186
Incident Date 691030 007 SP5 James Ned Woolley C 1 AVN BDE 003 SP4 Clyde Lee Roy Canada CE 48 AHC UH-1B 63-08587 003 CW2 Nolan Eugene Black P 48 AHC UH-1B 63-08587 005 CW2 Maury William Hearne P 48 AHC UH-1B 63-08587 006 SP5 Douglas Hugh Lott, Jr. G 48 AHC UH-1B 63-08587
Incident Date 691031 008 CW3 Paul Robert Getz AC A/228 ASHB 1 CAV CH-47A 66-19045 007 CPT Michael Dennis Brightman OB C/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 66-16650 008 SP4 Steve Louis Escallier G B/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 66-16650 009 SP4 Larry Joe Mc Graw CE B/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 66-16650 010 WO1 Michael D. Rosenthal, Jr. P B/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 66-16650 011 CPT Murray John Wyman AC B/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 66-16650
Incident Date 691101 012 MSG Allen Thomas Elder, Jr. C HMH-361 014 LCP Fred Arthur Nelson C HMM-161 014 LCP Gerald W. Nicholson, Jr. C HMM-161 015 CPT Roger Dale Partington P HMH-361 CH-53A 152394 011 1LT Stanley Alton Brown P 116 AHC UH-1D 65-09721 012 WO1 Charles F. Danielson, Jr. AC 116 AHC UH-1D 65-09721 013 SP5 Philip James Enlow G 116 AHC UH-1D 65-09721 013 SP5 Jimmy Ken Harrison CE 116 AHC UH-1D 65-09721 013 SP4 Eric Thomas Harshbarger CE D/1/4 CAV 1 INF UH-1H 67-18576
Incident Date 691102 020 SP5 David Lee Mason C 54 AVN, 210 CAB 016 SP5 David Francis Abbott CE 2 BDE 1 CAV OH-6A 67-16419 018 CPL Michael Leroy Harris G HHC 2 BDE 1 CAV OH-6A 67-16419 019 WO1 Leo Claude Hester, Jr. P HHC 2 BDE 1 CAV OH-6A 67-16419 018 SP5 Donald Gene Vollmer CE 190 AHC UH-1D 64-13573 020 SP4 Keith Frank Saunders CE B/7/1 CAV OH-6A 67-16230 020 WO1 Jon William Stokkerman P B/7/1 CAV OH-6A 67-16230 021 PFC Johnny Williams OB B/7/1 CAV OH-6A 67-16230 018 WO1 George William Grega P B/7/17 CAV OH-6A 66-07894
Incident Date 691103 023 WO1 Kenneth Raymond Leach P B/25 AVN 25 INF UH-1C 66-00674 025 SSG Gayle Edward Williams CE B/25 AVN 25 INF UH-1C 66-00674
Incident Date 691104 032 SP4 John Douglas Thrasher MD 254 MED DET 026 SP5 Richard Gene Bauer PX 155 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 026 CW2 John Steven Anderson P 192 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 027 CPT Alfonso Roque Castro P 192 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 030 SP6 Allan Gordon Kennedy G 192 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 031 SSG Marion Lee Roach CE 192 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 031 SSG Rick Eggburtus Medaris PX 155 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 031 SSG John Allen Payne PX 155 AHC UH-1H 68-16057 026 CW3 Terry Lanier Alford P 281 AHC, 17 CAG UH-1H 67-19512 027 CW3 Jim Ray Cavender P 281 AHC, 17 CAG UH-1H 67-19512 030 SFC James Robert Klimo G 281 AHC, 17 CAG UH-1H 67-19512 032 SSG John Alan Ware CE 281 AHC, 17 CAG UH-1H 67-19512
Incident Date 691105 036 SGT Royal Roy Shafer C 1 AVN BDE 033 WO1 Ken Allen Mc Cartney P A/227 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 67-17776 035 SP4 Charles Albert Posey G A/227 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 67-17776 035 SP4 William Thomas Quillin CE A/227 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 67-17776 035 WO1 Gerould Mclean Rumble III AC A/227 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 67-17776
Incident Date 691106 039 SSG Lennis Goddard Jones, Jr. OB 25 AVN 25 INF 038 SP5 James Leslie Downing OB D/1/4 CAV 1 INF OH-6A 68-17269 041 CW2 Henry Joseph Vad P D/1/4 CAV 1 INF OH-6A 68-17269
Incident Date 691107 044 SGT Gregory P. Rugenstein G D/1/10 CAV 4 INF UH-1H 66-16454 042 WO1 David Curtis Greeson AC B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV AH-1G 67-15712 043 PFC John William Rasmussen CE A/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 68-15311 044 SGT David Russell Jackson G A/229 AHB 1 CAV UH-1H 68-15311
Incident Date 691108 045 SP4 James Leslie Nelson C 391 QM DET
Incident Date 691110 052 SP4 Robert John Fuller C HHB DIV ARTY 101 ABN
Incident Date 691111 061 SP4 Michael Edward Young C 61 AHC, 268 CAB
Incident Date 691112 064 MAJ Howard Boyd Henry P VMO-2 AH-1G 68-15080 065 1LT Joseph Alan Lofton AC VMO-2 AH-1G 68-15080 064 SP4 Freddie Neil Haynes G 57 AHC UH-1H 66-15774
Incident Date 691115 080 SP4 John Michael Rosa C B/229 AHB 1 CAV 082 SP5 Donald Lee Williamson C 119 AHC 081 SP4 John Robert Rankin CE 71 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 66-16260 082 1LT Walter David Romero P 71 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 66-16260 078 SP4 Ronald Lloyd Ducommun G 174 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 68-15661 080 SP4 Forest Clayton Hodgkin CE 174 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 68-15661 081 WO1 Ricardo Wayne Regalado P 174 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 68-15661 082 WO1 Adam Wilson AC 174 AHC, 14 CAB UH-1H 68-15661
Incident Date 691116 083 SP4 Michael Lynn Biles CE 175 AHC
Incident Date 691117 090 CPL Thomas Franklin Rogers, Jr. C HMM-262 CH-46D 153961 091 SP5 Mark Francis Tearl G 116 AHC, 212 CAB UH-1C 65-09447 086 PFC Mark Wayne Burchard G 189 AHC UH-1C 66-15244
Incident Date 691119 095 SP4 Rory William Hunter CE 61 AHC 096 WO1 Don Leslie Rock P 57 MED DET
Incident Date 691120 100 SP4 David Atwood Lerner C 1 AVN BDE 099 WO1 Fred Antony Exner III P C/7/17 CAV OH-6A 67-16086 097 WO1 Eric George Blantin P D/3/5 CAV OH-6A 66-07776 098 SP5 James Milton Dale CE D/3/5 CAV OH-6A 66-07776
Incident Date 691122 109 PFC Michael Lloyd M. De Bolt C 110 SGT Francis Marion Monroe C 361 AVN, (ESCORT) 128 SGT Larry Allen Brown C 665 TC DET
Incident Date 691123 113 SP5 Michael John Poll C 498 MED 113 WO1 Roy Miles Stilwell P 57 MED DET 111 WO1 Alexander Cameron Brown P D/3/4 CAV 25 INF AH-1G 67-15667 112 CPT Robert Andrew Clements P D/3/4 CAV 25 INF AH-1G 67-15667
Incident Date 691124 116 SP4 Phillip Allen Duncan C 52 CAB 117 SP4 Joseph Edgar Hardy C 52 CAB 114 SP4 Raul Roy Barrera, Jr. CE 118 AHC UH-1D 65-12863 114 WO1 Charles Joseph Armstrong P 118 AHC UH-1D 65-12863 117 SP4 Filbert Michael Gonzales G 118 AHC UH-1D 65-12863 118 WO1 Allen Dean Perkins P 118 AHC UH-1D 65-12863 115 CW2 Howard Brisbane Comer, Jr. P 187 AHC, 269 CAB UH-1H 68-15564 116 SP4 Laurence Atwood Young G 187 AHC, 269 CAB UH-1H 68-15564 118 SP4 James Randle Jones, Jr. CE 187 AHC, 269 CAB UH-1H 68-15564
Incident Date 691125 122 SP5 Wilton Padier, Jr. CE D/3/5 CAV OH-6A 68-17203
Incident Date 691126 125 SSG Thomas Lee Roy Daugherty C 52 CAB 124 SP4 Timothy Ernest Badostain G 119 AHC, 52 CAB UH-1H 68-15684 124 CW2 Edward Thomson Davis, Jr. P 119 AHC, 52 CAB UH-1H 68-15684 124 CPT William Andrew Kuhnke P 119 AHC, 52 CAB UH-1H 68-15684 125 SP5 James Richard Plate CE 119 AHC, 52 CAB UH-1H 68-15684


For events on 691028 see siege of Bu Prang and Duc Lap CIDG camps A-236 SF DET, A-239 SF DET, ,
For events on 691029 see unit history D/3/5 CAV 9 INF, , ,
For events on 691031 see ORLL report 7/1 CAV, 44 STZ, D/3/5 CAV,
For events on 691031 see unit history 361 AWC, , ,
For events on 691101 see operation COMMANDO HUNT II , , ,
For events on 691101 see operation DAN TIEN 33D 23 ARVN DIV, , ,
For events on 691101 see operation TOAN THANG IV 1 CAV DIV, 1 INF DIV, 3 BDE 9 INF, 25 INF DIV
For events on 691104 see operation report , , ,
For events on 691106 see unit history 361 AWC, , ,
For events on 691110 see ambush in Catcher's Mitt 1 INF DIV, , D/1/4 CAV,
For events on 691112 see operation DAN TIEN 40 23 ARVN DIV, , ,
For events on 691112 see unit history 57 AHC, , ,
For events on 691112 see unit history 361 AWC, MACV SOG CCC, 57 AHC,
For events on 691113 see enemy attack , , ,
For events on 691115 see unit history 361 AWC, MACV SOG CCC, 57 AHC,
For events on 691117 see Battle of Bu Prang , , ,
For events on 691122 see Battle of Trapezoid IV 1 INF DIV, , ,
For events on 691123 see operation report , , ,

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Please note:  The incident date is not always the same as date died.
Duty codes: AC = Aircraft Commander P = Pilot CP = Co-pilot C = Crew Member FE = Flight Engineer G = Gunner OB = Observer CE = Crew Chief IP = Instructor Pilot MD = Medic ME = Mechanic PX = Passenger PP = Pilot Passenger CX = Crew member passenger ME = Mechanic PR = Pararescue Member TI = Technical Observer FM = Flight Mechanic RS = Rescue Specialist FS = Flight Surgeon OG = Non-Crew Member On Ground CG = Crew Member on Ground


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