Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/25/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Flight class: 68-3/67-25
Short Summary: Three aircraft mid-air (66-16601, 66-16592, & 66-16206) in bad weather.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16206
Service number: W3159378
Primary cause: A/C Accident
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 05/10/1968
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Lutheran (Missouri Synod)
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16206
Incident number: 680625052ACD Accident case number: 680625052 Total loss or fatality Accident
The station for this helicopter was Bear Cat in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YT077018
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Summary: Believe this aircraft was BLUE 4 which was damaged after flying through debris from mid-air of BLUE 1 (66-16592) and the C&C (66-16601).

Crew Members:
P WO1 HOFFMAN DAVID R KIA
P WO1 ROHTVALI ARVI KIA
CE SP4 SMITH WAYNE MICHAEL KIA
G SP4 POWELL ROBERT KIA

Passengers and/or other participants: 10 (see below)

Accident Summary:

See accident summary for 66-16601 on 25 June 68.

War Story:
Flight was carrying troops from the Royal Army Thai Volunteer Brigade.

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998

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