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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
Wall/Plot Coordinates 49E 018 / Plot: Lot 11 Grave 431
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. Thirteen men died in the accident:
Aboard the UH-34D (BuNo 145804):
CAPT Eugene Richard Gannon, aircraft commander
2ndLT John Parker Holden II, copilot
CPL John Arleigh Nixon, gunner
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten, crew chief
HN Frank Paul Addice, Navy Corpsman, MAG-36
CPL Robert Winslow Belcher, passenger, H&S Co, 3/26
PFC Dennis Robert Davidson, passenger, A Co, 3rd Tank Bn