Status: Killed In Action ........ while performing the duty of Pilot.
Flight class: 68-515
Short Summary: Hit by 50 cal and lost rotor at 2000 ft while on division arty resupply "milkrun". Butler's first mission in country.
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 63-12999
Service number: W3162950
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Started Tour: 11/13/1968
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
This record was last updated on 08/07/2000
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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 63-12999
Incident number: 69022444.KIA
UTM grid coordinates: BT300151
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )

Crew Members:
AC WO1 MCALLISTER ANGUS W JR KIA
P WO1 BUTLER MERLE FLOYD II KIA
CE SP5 FORD RICHARD WAYNE KIA
G SP4 BAILEY JON KIA

This record was last updated on 04/25/2000

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