13 Sep 2001 You made the ultimate sacrifice and it did not go unnoticed. I thank you and salute you. Visit the 173RD AHC

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 19 Nov 1968 a UH-1D (tail number 66-16195) from the 173rd Assault Helicopter Company was flying a routine courier run in the Saigon area. On departure from the 93rd Evac Hospital helipad at Long Binh the aircraft proceded toward Tan Son Nhut Air Base with six men aboard: WO E. L. Daniel, 173rd AHC, pilot; 1LT Gary M. Kimbrell, 173rd AHC, copilot; SP4 Ted L. Sharp, 173rd AHC, aircrewman; CPT Peter B. Livingston, 74th Med Bn, passenger; SSG Calvin Fielder, 173rd AHC, passenger; and PFC James C. Holt, unit unknown, passenger. As the aircraft was nearing the end of a normal approach to landing two loud bangs were heard and the tail rotor stopped turning. Without tail rotor function the aircraft began spinning to the right and fell out of the air. The aircraft began to burn immediately after impact. WO Daniel was able to exit the aircraft under his own power, and ground personnel were able to pull 2LT Kimbrell and PFC Holt from the burning wreckage, but the other three men were trapped in the passenger compartment and died in the crash or post-crash fire.

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