Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail
number 70-15841
The Army purchased this helicopter 0471
Total flight hours
at this point: 1066
Date: 10/16/72
Incident number: 72101616.KIA
Unit: 57 AHC
South Vietnam
Original source(s) and document(s) from
which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency
Helicopter Loss database. Also: VNAF (South Vietnamese Air Force. )
Loss to
Inventory
Crew Members:
P 1LT DUGGER JAMES DOWEL JR KIA
This record
was last updated on 08/14/99
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: 1LT James Dowel Dugger, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident
on 10/16/72 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 26.0
Date of
Birth: 11/01/46
Home City: Pottstown, PA
Service: AR branch of the reserve
component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 57 AHC
Major organization: 1st Aviation
Brigade
Flight class: 71-50
Service: AR branch of the U.S. Army.
The
Wall location: 01W-082
Short Summary: Aircraft hit with 60 mm
RR.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 70-15841
SSN: 194367842
Country: South
Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Major
attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: artillery
or mortar
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle:
pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 06/05/72
"Official"
listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person
was: missing in action - interim
Length of service: *
Location: Pleiku
Province II Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: AR850148
Reason:
aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while
missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Protestant -
no denominational preference
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:
officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/95
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
70-15841
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 0471.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
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DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY
7104 0 0 W0Y6AA AVSCOM FLT DET 5TH ARMY ST LOUIS AVSCOM
7105 0 0 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7106 31 31 WHB1AA 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN
7107 46 77 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7108 57 134 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7109 39 173 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7110 57 230 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7111 62 292 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7112 49 341 WCYMAA 201 CAC VIETNAM RVN
7201 35 376 WCYMAA 52 CAB HHC VIETNAM RVN
7202 73 449 WCYMAA 52 CAB HHC VIETNAM RVN
7203 55 504 WCYMAA 388 TC CO VIETNAM RVN
7204 59 563 WCYMAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7205 161 724 WCYMAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7206 114 838 WCYMAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7207 50 888 WCYMAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7208 53 941 WAX5AA 57 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7209 86 1027 WAX5AA 57 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7210 39 1066 WAX5AA 57 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7211 0 1066 WAX5AA 57 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7212 0 1066 WAX5AA 57 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7301 0 1066 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM
Printed from databases on: 08/27/00