Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16628
The Army purchased this helicopter 0269
Total flight hours at this point: 00001488
Date: 08/01/1970
Incident number: 70080101.KIA
Unit: A/377 ART 101 ABN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was at Level Flight at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD561330 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD561330)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 DOI . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
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, JSIDR, CRAFX, CASRP, MISC (Operations Report.
Miscellaneous. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash
Facts Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CW2 SCHOEPKE ANTON JOHN KIA
OB SP5 HOOPER JOHN JOSEPH KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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