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Casualty Info
Home Town Wanaque, NJ
Last Address Wanaque, NJ
Casualty Date Apr 11, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Calvary Cemetery - Paterson, New Jersey
MID-AIR UH-34D 145804 & UH-1E 154968 2 KM SE OF CAM LO 19680411
UTM grid reference is YD140580
At daybreak on 11 April 1968, a UH-34D from HMM-163 launched on a medevac flight to pick up wounded Marines from the vicinity of Khe Sanh. The UH-34D was escorted by two UH-1E gunships from VMO-6. After picking up the four wounded men, the flight proceeded toward the medical facility at Dong Ha. While enroute, one of the escorting UH-1Es - which were flying above and behind the UH-34D - was involved in a mid-air collision with the UH-34. Both aircraft went down, resulting in the deaths of 12 marines. The two aircraft crashed just east of Camp Carol while letting down through overcast skies. One helicopter, a UH-1E tail number 154968, was from Marine Observation Squadron 6 (VMO-6). Its crew included:
1st LT Ronald E. Riede, aircraft commander
CAPT Bruce F. McMillan, pilot
CPL Paul J. Allen, crew chief
LCPL Michael G. DeMarco, gunner
The other aircraft, a UH-34D tail number 145804 from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM 163), was crewed by:
CAPT Eugene R. Gannon, aircraft commander
2nd LT John P. Holden II, pilot
CPL Frederick D. Graten, crew chief
CPL John A. Nixon, gunner HN Frank Paul Addice, Crew Corpsmen
CPL Robert W. Belcher, passenger
PFC Dennis R. Davidson, passenger
PFC Richard E. Erwin, passenger
PFC Charles R. Finley, passenger
All personnel on both aircraft perished in the crash.
