On March 30, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D (tail number 63-12969) from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division (Airmobile), received hostile enemy fire and crashed while on a combat mission during Operation Lincoln, a search and destroy/reconnaissance in force operation in the vicinity of Plei Me and the Chu Pong Massif in Pleiku and Darlac Provinces against the same NVA units that had participated in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley. The aircraft was hit by both mortar and automatic weapons fire while attempting to enter a LZ. Seven personnel were killed in the incident. They included aircraft commander CAPT Burton A. Blanton and pilot passenger CAPT John S. Sabine IV plus passengers SSGT James W. Grady, SGT Raymond C. Robinson, SP4 Howard O. Wright Jr., PFC Paul S. Ashline, and PFC John G. Jackson. [Taken from vhpa.org]
Courtesy of Eric Lowman (#46508697)
Courtesy of Eric Lowman (#46508697)
On March 30, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D (tail number 63-12969) from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division (Airmobile), received hostile enemy fire and crashed while on a combat mission during Operation Lincoln, a search and destroy/reconnaissance in force operation in the vicinity of Plei Me and the Chu Pong Massif in Pleiku and Darlac Provinces against the same NVA units that had participated in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley. The aircraft was hit by both mortar and automatic weapons fire while attempting to enter a LZ. Seven personnel were killed in the incident. They included aircraft commander CAPT Burton A. Blanton and pilot passenger CAPT John S. Sabine IV plus passengers SSGT James W. Grady, SGT Raymond C. Robinson, SP4 Howard O. Wright Jr., PFC Paul S. Ashline, and PFC John G. Jackson. [Taken from vhpa.org]
Courtesy of Eric Lowman (#46508697)
Courtesy of Eric Lowman (#46508697)
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US ARMY, Date interred: 4/11/1966
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