Helicopter or incident 64-13821

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13821
Date: 05/17/66
Incident number: 0E918ACD Accident case number: 0E918 Total Loss Accident
Unit: 170 AHC
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 5
costing 239921
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC O4 WC WALKER
P CPT REILLY MARTIN DANIEL KIA
CE E4 WR REED
G E4 R WARREN

Passengers:
E3 J JOHNSON, PAX, 3
SSG SNIPES BILLY EUGENE, AR, PX, KIA
E4 L KELLY, PAX, 2
E3 J FLOYD, PAX, 2
E3 J SPEARMAN, PAX, 2

This record was last updated on 09/20/98

The following is crew member information for this incident:

Name: SSG Billy Eugene Snipes
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/17/66 while performing the duty of Passenger.
Age at death: 32.1
Date of Birth: 04/03/34
Home City: Maysville, KY
Service: regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 25 AVN 25 INF
Major organization: 25th Infantry Division
Service: U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 07E-075
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13821
Service number: 15459251
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 11B40 = Infantryman
Position in vehicle: passenger
Started Tour: 01/04/66
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew
Length of service: 16
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Baptist - other groups
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel
This record was last updated on 08/20/95

Name: CPT Martin Daniel Reilly
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/17/66 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 29.5
Date of Birth: 11/12/36
Home City: Yonkers, NY
Service: IN branch of the regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 170 AHC
Major organization: other
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 07E-075
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13821
Service number: O97251
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 11/29/65
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 08
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 07/29/94

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Gary Roush
43 Overbrook Road
Painted Post, NY 14870