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16 MAR 71

CWO Charles W. Allison [P]

Connecticut

23 ID (CT ARNG)

A/C nose dived into a swampy forest clearing about 300 yds off Route 6 behind the Stanley Works plant at approx 1930 hours near the Farmington-Plainville town line.

21 OCT 69

CWO Roger H. Ambruson [P]

Massachusetts

B/26 DIV AVN BN

A/C crashed in a wooded area of the Walter E. Fernald School in Templeton while returning to Fitchburg from a routine training flight.

21 OCT 69

WOC Terry L. Crowe

Texas

A/C crashed during routine training at Ft. Wolters.

13 OCT 69

CWO James W. Paydo [P]
A1C Terrance G. Drake (USAF)

California

91 RES DIV

A/C crashed and burned into the Pacific a mile west of the Golden Gate bridge after losing power. They were flying out of Crissy Field at the Presidio.

09 JUL 68

CW2 George A. Gray [P]

Dinh Tuong Province

HHC 3 BDE
Hit by small arms fire - landed helicopter after wounded, died of wounds.

22 JUN 68

CPT Warner C. Jacobson [OB]

Vietnam

Killed when the A/C was struck by automatic weapons fire.

21 MAY 68

SP5 Victor R. Heesacker [CE]

Quang Ngai Province

B/123 AVN
#66-13295
During armed recon about 12K NW of Quang Ngai, CE was shot in the face by a BAR, roughly 20' from the A/C.

08 APR 68

SP5 Charles M. Dutton [CE]
SP4 Glenn U. Andreotta [G]
P injured

Vietnam

B/123 AVN
#62-03813
A/C was hit with 12.7mm in the swashplate and flight controls.

06 MAR 68

WO1 Donald E. Kenton [P]
SP4 Gary L. Engebretson [OB]
SP4 John A. Kozach [OB]

Quang Ngai Province

HHC 198 BDE
#63-12874
A/C was shot down while on an unarmed recon mission.

19 FEB 68

1LT James E. Mullins [P]

Thua Thien Province

101 ABN
Shot down south of Quang Tri.

03 FEB 68

CW2 Orrin L. Dyer Jr [P]

Kontum Province

B/4 AVN
#64-15300
A/C shot down, crashed and burned.

31 JAN 68

2LT Larry R. Mullens [P]
2LT N.D. Russell

Texas

A/C crashed at Ft. Wolters during cross country training flight.

28 NOV 67

1LT David R. Blackburn [P]
1LT Edward R. Naylor Jr [OB]

Dinh Tuong Province

9 INF DIVERTY
#63-12823
Speculate he may have been flying too close to the gun target line and shot himself down.

26 OCT 67

2LT Dale C. Bailey [P]

Texas

A/C crashed about 20 miles NE of Mineral Wells after wire strike.

14 AUG 67

WO1 Leonard E. Easley [P]

Quang Tin Province

282 AHC
#62-03815
Shot in the neck near Da Nang.

12 AUG 67

SGM Cyril E. Stirnkorb [OB]

Vietnam

11 ACR
#64-15180
No details.

18 JUN 67

1LT William E. Lemmons [P]
CPT James C. McKittrick [OB]
SFC Edward J. Guillory [OB]

Quang Tin Province

HHC 196 BDE
#64-15194
A/C became missing on a visual recon mission.

01 JUN 67

WO1 James R. Simpson [P]
MAJ William G. Coats [OB]

Vietnam

25 AVN
#62-03793
A/C apparently crashed in a level attitude and burned on impact. Crashed due to control rotor paddle separation at trunion caused by corrosion.

17 FEB 67

WO1 Ernest V. Hensel Jr [P]
1 injured (POW)

Kontum Province

D/1/10 CAV
#64-15293
A/C shot down by anti-aircraft fire while transitioning to low level to begin VR.

12 JAN 67

CPT Ronald R. Regenmorter [P]
SSG Thomas C. Shea [CE]

Vietnam

196 BDE
#62-03800
A/C was on a test flight after replacing a transmission oil seal and #3 PE. Pitch link gave way and A/C crashed from 750' into an empty hootch and burned.

10 OCT 66

2LT John T. Lyons
CIV John Swengel [IP]

Texas

A/C crashed on a training flight near the Brazos River, 10 miles W of Mineral Wells. Class began on Oct. 3.

07 AUG 65

CWO C.E. Spiva [P]

Arizona

Ft. Hood based

A/C crashed and burned about 100 yds off US HWY 80 in Telegraph Pass after striking power lines while transporting A/C from San Bernadino to El Paso in flight of two.

09 FEB 65

LTC Rudolph F. Gigliow [P]

Korea

15 AVN BN
A/C crashed in the South Korean village of Ma Dong near the DMZ. A 6-year-old Korean boy was also killed.

08 AUG 63

SP4 Dexter T. Floyd [C]
P injured

South Carolina

A/C lost power and crashed into Lake Greenwood during Operation Swift Strike III.

30 JAN 61

CWO Nicholas W. Nickas [P]

Illinois

5956 DA

3-passenger helicopter nosedived into the ground after the blades detached themselves from the A/C as it hovered 150-200' in the air minutes after taking off.

02 APR 59

CWO Leo F. Tuttle [P]
MAJ Joseph Giuliani
CPT Patrick McDonnell

Washington

H-23D

A/C crashed and burned on the Hanford Atomic Works Reservation, 25 miles north of Richland.

25 SEP 56

LTC Clair R. Burpee [P]

Michigan

46 DIV (MI ARNG)
A/C crashed and burst into flames on the outskirts of Lansing after the rotor was lost in mid-air.

09 JUN 56

1 killed
P injured

Arizona

Yuma Test Station
A/C crashed in the mountains near Indio.

05 AUG 54

SGT Robert J. Mulqueen

Oklahoma

Army Aviation School

A/C suddenly went out of control crashed and burned at Ft. Sill killing the student pilot.

03 NOV 53

1 P killed
1 P injured

North Carolina

Mid-air crash between two H-23 aircraft during training flights at Ft. Bragg.

10 FEB 53

WO Alfred C. Felker [P]

Georgia

506 TC
A/C crashed near Winterville while he was ferrying cross-country to upstate New York. Felker AAF at Ft. Eustis, VA was named in honor, dedicated on 07 DEC 54.