Carl Anthony Palen
Specialist 6, U.S. Army
61st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Dubuque, Iowa
Date of Birth: March 11, 1947
Date of Death: January 03, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 134700N 1090630E (BR960250)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: U6 "Beaver"
Other Personnel In Incident: Thomas R. Okerlund; Dennis W. Omelia; Patrick
Magee; Luis G. Holguin; Ferris Rhodes; Michael Parsons (all missing)
January 3, 1971, Capt. Ferris A. Rhodes, Jr. was the pilot of a U6 "Beaver" carrying six passengers: 1Lt. Michaeld D. Parsons, WO1 Thomas R. Okerland, WO1 Dennis W. Omelia; WO1 Luis G. Holguin; SP6 Patrick J. Magee; and SP5 Carl A. Palen.
This was an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, to collect replacement helicopters for the company. Some of the men aboard were helicopter pilots, and would fly the choppers back to the base at Qui Nhon.
The U6 "Beaver" is an older, fixed wing aircraft of reasonable size, short and squatty with a wide
body. The aircraft departed Qui Nhon at about 0900 hours on January 3 without filing a proper flight plan, nor was the weather briefing obtained prior to takeoff. About 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat, at 1120 hours, radio and radar
contact was lost with the plane.
Because Capt. Rhodes had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot,no immediate searches were made.
By January 9, when Rhodes and his passengers still had not returned, search efforts were begun at 0900 hours, and continued throughout the day with no sign of the aircraft or its personnel.
The area of takeoff was tricky and the weather conditions were not good. Other pilots said that if planes taking off did not reach a safe altitude fast enough, they would crash into a mountain. Cruising speed for the "Beaver" was a mere 106 mph making it a prime target for flak. Conditions in the area indicated that the aircraft was shot down, and several years passed before the crew was finally declared dead.
NOTE:
SOCIAL SECURITY INDEX:
SOCIAL SECURITY
ISSUED IN IOWA, BIRTH DATE:APR. 11, 1947, DEATH DATE: 3 JAN. 1971
ZIP CODE OF ADDRESS WHERE DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENT WAS SENT: 52001
PRIMARY LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZIP CODE, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Specialist 6, U.S. Army
61st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Dubuque, Iowa
Date of Birth: March 11, 1947
Date of Death: January 03, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 134700N 1090630E (BR960250)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: U6 "Beaver"
Other Personnel In Incident: Thomas R. Okerlund; Dennis W. Omelia; Patrick
Magee; Luis G. Holguin; Ferris Rhodes; Michael Parsons (all missing)
January 3, 1971, Capt. Ferris A. Rhodes, Jr. was the pilot of a U6 "Beaver" carrying six passengers: 1Lt. Michaeld D. Parsons, WO1 Thomas R. Okerland, WO1 Dennis W. Omelia; WO1 Luis G. Holguin; SP6 Patrick J. Magee; and SP5 Carl A. Palen.
This was an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, to collect replacement helicopters for the company. Some of the men aboard were helicopter pilots, and would fly the choppers back to the base at Qui Nhon.
The U6 "Beaver" is an older, fixed wing aircraft of reasonable size, short and squatty with a wide
body. The aircraft departed Qui Nhon at about 0900 hours on January 3 without filing a proper flight plan, nor was the weather briefing obtained prior to takeoff. About 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat, at 1120 hours, radio and radar
contact was lost with the plane.
Because Capt. Rhodes had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot,no immediate searches were made.
By January 9, when Rhodes and his passengers still had not returned, search efforts were begun at 0900 hours, and continued throughout the day with no sign of the aircraft or its personnel.
The area of takeoff was tricky and the weather conditions were not good. Other pilots said that if planes taking off did not reach a safe altitude fast enough, they would crash into a mountain. Cruising speed for the "Beaver" was a mere 106 mph making it a prime target for flak. Conditions in the area indicated that the aircraft was shot down, and several years passed before the crew was finally declared dead.
NOTE:
SOCIAL SECURITY INDEX:
SOCIAL SECURITY
ISSUED IN IOWA, BIRTH DATE:APR. 11, 1947, DEATH DATE: 3 JAN. 1971
ZIP CODE OF ADDRESS WHERE DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENT WAS SENT: 52001
PRIMARY LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZIP CODE, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Carl Anthony Palen
Specialist 6, U.S. Army
61st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Dubuque, Iowa
Date of Birth: March 11, 1947
Date of Death: January 03, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 134700N 1090630E (BR960250)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: U6 "Beaver"
Other Personnel In Incident: Thomas R. Okerlund; Dennis W. Omelia; Patrick
Magee; Luis G. Holguin; Ferris Rhodes; Michael Parsons (all missing)
January 3, 1971, Capt. Ferris A. Rhodes, Jr. was the pilot of a U6 "Beaver" carrying six passengers: 1Lt. Michaeld D. Parsons, WO1 Thomas R. Okerland, WO1 Dennis W. Omelia; WO1 Luis G. Holguin; SP6 Patrick J. Magee; and SP5 Carl A. Palen.
This was an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, to collect replacement helicopters for the company. Some of the men aboard were helicopter pilots, and would fly the choppers back to the base at Qui Nhon.
The U6 "Beaver" is an older, fixed wing aircraft of reasonable size, short and squatty with a wide
body. The aircraft departed Qui Nhon at about 0900 hours on January 3 without filing a proper flight plan, nor was the weather briefing obtained prior to takeoff. About 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat, at 1120 hours, radio and radar
contact was lost with the plane.
Because Capt. Rhodes had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot,no immediate searches were made.
By January 9, when Rhodes and his passengers still had not returned, search efforts were begun at 0900 hours, and continued throughout the day with no sign of the aircraft or its personnel.
The area of takeoff was tricky and the weather conditions were not good. Other pilots said that if planes taking off did not reach a safe altitude fast enough, they would crash into a mountain. Cruising speed for the "Beaver" was a mere 106 mph making it a prime target for flak. Conditions in the area indicated that the aircraft was shot down, and several years passed before the crew was finally declared dead.
NOTE:
SOCIAL SECURITY INDEX:
SOCIAL SECURITY
ISSUED IN IOWA, BIRTH DATE:APR. 11, 1947, DEATH DATE: 3 JAN. 1971
ZIP CODE OF ADDRESS WHERE DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENT WAS SENT: 52001
PRIMARY LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZIP CODE, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Specialist 6, U.S. Army
61st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Dubuque, Iowa
Date of Birth: March 11, 1947
Date of Death: January 03, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 134700N 1090630E (BR960250)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: U6 "Beaver"
Other Personnel In Incident: Thomas R. Okerlund; Dennis W. Omelia; Patrick
Magee; Luis G. Holguin; Ferris Rhodes; Michael Parsons (all missing)
January 3, 1971, Capt. Ferris A. Rhodes, Jr. was the pilot of a U6 "Beaver" carrying six passengers: 1Lt. Michaeld D. Parsons, WO1 Thomas R. Okerland, WO1 Dennis W. Omelia; WO1 Luis G. Holguin; SP6 Patrick J. Magee; and SP5 Carl A. Palen.
This was an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, to collect replacement helicopters for the company. Some of the men aboard were helicopter pilots, and would fly the choppers back to the base at Qui Nhon.
The U6 "Beaver" is an older, fixed wing aircraft of reasonable size, short and squatty with a wide
body. The aircraft departed Qui Nhon at about 0900 hours on January 3 without filing a proper flight plan, nor was the weather briefing obtained prior to takeoff. About 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat, at 1120 hours, radio and radar
contact was lost with the plane.
Because Capt. Rhodes had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot,no immediate searches were made.
By January 9, when Rhodes and his passengers still had not returned, search efforts were begun at 0900 hours, and continued throughout the day with no sign of the aircraft or its personnel.
The area of takeoff was tricky and the weather conditions were not good. Other pilots said that if planes taking off did not reach a safe altitude fast enough, they would crash into a mountain. Cruising speed for the "Beaver" was a mere 106 mph making it a prime target for flak. Conditions in the area indicated that the aircraft was shot down, and several years passed before the crew was finally declared dead.
NOTE:
SOCIAL SECURITY INDEX:
SOCIAL SECURITY
ISSUED IN IOWA, BIRTH DATE:APR. 11, 1947, DEATH DATE: 3 JAN. 1971
ZIP CODE OF ADDRESS WHERE DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENT WAS SENT: 52001
PRIMARY LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZIP CODE, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
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