Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-16300 The Army purchased this helicopter 0969 Total flight hours at this point: 00000631 Date: 05/23/70 Incident number: 70052333.KIA Unit: C/227 AVN This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY for Air/land Assault , Hot Area. While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots. South Vietnam UTM grid coordinates: YU356587 Helicopter took 1 hits from: Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (B-40 RKT) The helicopter was hit in the Forward area causing Fragmentation Damage. Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, STRUCTURE Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 KIA . . 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, CASRP, FM385, CRAFX (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Crash Facts Message. Casualty Report. ) Loss to Inventory
Crew Members: AC CPT GREENE ELLIS DAVID KIA P CPT FOLEY CHARLES DANIEL KIA This record was last updated on 05/25/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: CPT Ellis David Greene Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/23/70 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander. Age at death: 24.6 Date of Birth: 11/02/45 Home City: Denver, CO Service: IN branch of the regular component of the U.S. Army. Unit: C/227 AHB 1 CAV Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Flight class: 69-42 Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army. The Wall location: 10W-084 Short Summary: B-40 rocket in cockpit doing a combat assualt in Cambodia with CPT Charles Daniel Foley. West Point stu # 27172. Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-16300 Call sign: Ghostriders SSN: 521582361 Country: Cambodia MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander) Primary cause: Hostile Fire Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: grenades Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: co-pilot Started Tour: 03/01/70 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Length of service: * Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Jewish The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer This record was last updated on 08/20/95
Name: CPT Charles Daniel Foley Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/23/70 while performing the duty of Pilot. Age at death: 26.5 Date of Birth: 11/29/43 Home City: Hobbs, NM Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army. Unit: C/227 AHB 1 CAV Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Flight class: 69-16 Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army. The Wall location: 10W-084 Short Summary: B-40 rocket in cockpit doing a combat assault with CPT Ellis David Greene in Cambodia. Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-16300 Call sign: Ghostriders SSN: 585030249 Country: Cambodia MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander) Primary cause: Hostile Fire Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: weapons Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: pilot Started Tour: 07/23/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot Length of service: * Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Presbyterian The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer This record was last updated on 08/20/95
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-16300 It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter and is not intended to be the final authority. This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0969. Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6909 0 0 W0Y6AA INTRANSIT IN TRANSIT AVCOMCTR 6910 9 9 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6911 112 121 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6912 125 246 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7001 103 349 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7002 86 435 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7003 145 580 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7004 51 631 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN
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