Last Known Activity:
Status: Killed In Action while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Service: SC branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Flight class: 66-12
Short Summary: Gunship crashed on a run.
Aircraft: UH-1B tail number 64-13951
Primary cause: A/C Accident
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Started Tour: 09/21/1966
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
This record was last updated on 06/28/1991
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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-13951
Incident number: H342ACD Accident case number: H342
This was a Combat incident.
This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY for Close Air Support
The station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 04 DOI . . Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
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. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database.
Also: OPERA, UH1P1, 11250, CASRP, OPREP (Operations Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
AC 1LT SIVERLY DAVID LEE KIA
P WO1CASTLE LARRY FLOYD KIA
G SSG RODGERS CARROLL L KIA
CE PFC GONZALES MERCED HERMAN KIA
Accident Summary:
PILOT RADIOED TO WING MAN THAT HE WAS GOING IN. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE IN NORMAL AUTOROTATION. AT TERMINATION IT TURNED RT & APPEARED TO HIT TREE OR GROUND W/GREAT FORCE & EXPLODE. WING MAN LANDED BUT HAD TO DEPART DUE TO GROUND FIRE. DECEASED EXTRACTED NEXT DAY. ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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Date posted on this site: 07/20/2010
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