PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Lorain, OH
Date of birth: 08/18/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 376482654
MOS: 11D2F: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (Flight Qual)
Length Service: **
Unit: B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/29/1970
Incident Date: 05/23/1971
Casualty Date: 05/23/1971
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
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Helicopter OH-6A 68-17207
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17207
The Army purchased this helicopter 0669
Total flight hours at this point: 00000496
Date: 05/23/1971
Incident number: 71052335.KIA
Unit: B/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: VR890501
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 DOI . .
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. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT SHARP PHILIP DEAN KIA
OB SP4 ADKINS HENRY DALE KIA
Home of Record: Lorain, OH
Date of birth: 08/18/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 376482654
MOS: 11D2F: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (Flight Qual)
Length Service: **
Unit: B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/29/1970
Incident Date: 05/23/1971
Casualty Date: 05/23/1971
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
ON THE WALL Panel 03W Line 051
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Helicopter OH-6A 68-17207
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17207
The Army purchased this helicopter 0669
Total flight hours at this point: 00000496
Date: 05/23/1971
Incident number: 71052335.KIA
Unit: B/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: VR890501
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 DOI . .
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. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT SHARP PHILIP DEAN KIA
OB SP4 ADKINS HENRY DALE KIA
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Lorain, OH
Date of birth: 08/18/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 376482654
MOS: 11D2F: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (Flight Qual)
Length Service: **
Unit: B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/29/1970
Incident Date: 05/23/1971
Casualty Date: 05/23/1971
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
ON THE WALL Panel 03W Line 051
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Helicopter OH-6A 68-17207
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17207
The Army purchased this helicopter 0669
Total flight hours at this point: 00000496
Date: 05/23/1971
Incident number: 71052335.KIA
Unit: B/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: VR890501
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 DOI . .
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. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT SHARP PHILIP DEAN KIA
OB SP4 ADKINS HENRY DALE KIA
Home of Record: Lorain, OH
Date of birth: 08/18/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 376482654
MOS: 11D2F: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (Flight Qual)
Length Service: **
Unit: B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/29/1970
Incident Date: 05/23/1971
Casualty Date: 05/23/1971
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
ON THE WALL Panel 03W Line 051
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Helicopter OH-6A 68-17207
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17207
The Army purchased this helicopter 0669
Total flight hours at this point: 00000496
Date: 05/23/1971
Incident number: 71052335.KIA
Unit: B/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: VR890501
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 DOI . .
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. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT SHARP PHILIP DEAN KIA
OB SP4 ADKINS HENRY DALE KIA
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