Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46A tail number 151917
Date: 10/11/1968
Incident number: 68101111.KIA
Unit: HMM-265
South Vietnam
Casualties = 04 KIA . .
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA, KIAMAIN, 1500 Feet Over Vietnam by Bruce Lake (Operations Report. )
Summary: Involved in a mid-air with HMM-362 UH-34D #148802 near Hill 52, north of An Hoa.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P 1LT HALE WILLIAM THOMAS KIA
P 1LT RAINAUD JEFFREY WILLIAM KIA
C CPL KEMSKI GARY DOUGLAS KIA
C SGT WESLEY MARVIN JR KIA
War Story:
Mid-air crash on Hill 52 with CH-34D 148802 from HMM-362.
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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