Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-04591
Date: 06/10/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0010 feet and 005 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 4 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 Forward area
Systems damaged were: FLT CONTROLS, MAIN ROTOR SYS, STRUCTURE,
PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 WIA . .
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: UH1P1, 01143, CASRP, JSIDR (Joint
Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter
UH-1B tail number 62-04591
Date: 08/31/65
Incident number: 0C808ACD Accident case number: 0C808 Total Loss
Accident
Number killed in accident = 3 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers =
8
costing 193648
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army
Aviation Safety Center database.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P W1 JR LYNCH
CP O3 ST PETER
CE SP5 LANELLI JACK DANIEL KIA
G E4 DUPLECHAIN
Passengers:
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 6
X1 UNK, PAX, 5
X1 UNK, PAX, 5
This record was last updated on 09/20/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: SP5 Jack Daniel Lanelli
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 08/31/65 while performing
the duty of Crew Chief.
Age at death: 20.4
Date of Birth: 04/01/45
Home City: Napa, CA
Service: regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 118 AHC
Major organization: other
Service: U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 02E-070
Short Summary: CE E4 LANELLI G E4 DUPLECHAIN killed. P W1 LYNCH
CP O3 ST survived.
Aircraft: UH-1B tail number 62-04591
Service number: 19727487
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: crew chief
Started Tour: 04/12/65
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other
aircrew
Length of service: 03
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Protestant - no denominational preference
The following information 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 07/28/94
Please send additions or corrections to:
Gary Roush
43 Overbrook Road
Painted Post, NY 14870