Helicopter UH-1D 66-16230

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000541
Date: 09/18/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0800 feet and 070 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73695 ()

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000541
Date: 09/29/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0100 feet and 050 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73808 ()

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000656
Date: 10/25/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0100 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Tail Section
Systems damaged were: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73950 ()

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00001459
Date: 05/25/1968
Incident number: 68052525.KIA
Unit: 176 AHC
South Vietnam
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
CE SP4 RAMSEY JOHN LOUIS KIA

War Story:
Minuteman 230 was lost by .50 Cal fire. The Crewchief was Ramsey and he was killed. From Dale Wiese, August 199

This record was last updated on 08/08/1999

The following is crew member information for this incident:

Name: SP4 John Louis Ramsey
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/25/1968 while performing the duty of Crew Chief.
Age at death: 18.7
Date of Birth: 09/16/1949
Home City: Lynn, MA
Service: regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 176 AHC
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Service: U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 67W-003
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 66-16230
Service number: 11622147
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 67N20 = UH-1 Helicopter Repairer
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: crew chief
Started Tour: 01/20/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Location: Quang Tin Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Roman Catholic
The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel
This record was last updated on 08/08/1999

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0467.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.

DATE  FLT HRS    UIC      UNIT          AREA          POST          COUNTRY
6704   0    0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN   6TH ARMY   SHARPE GD        AVCOM          
6705   0    0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN   6TH ARMY   SHARPE GD        AVCOM          
6706 168  168 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6707 100  268 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6708 155  423 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6709 118  541 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6710 115  656 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6711 113  769 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6712 154  923 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6801 106 1029 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6802 112 1141 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6803 127 1268 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6804 104 1372 WC44AA 176 AVN CO       VIETNAM                     RVN     
6805  87 1459 WCLQAA 335 TRANS CO     VIETNAM                     RVN

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