Richard Bouche Davis, Jr. United States Army |
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Richard Bouche Davis, Jr. was born on November 7, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Dallas, Texas. He served in the United States Army. In 2 years of service, he attained the rank of Warrant Officer One. On February 11, 1970, at the age of 21, Richard
Bouche Davis, Jr. perished in the service of our country in South Vietnam,
Binh Dinh.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15093 The Army purchased this helicopter 0467 Total flight hours at this point: 00000929 Date: 08/13/69 Unit: 170 AHC This was a Combat incident. This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort , Other Aircraft. While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 0075 feet and 080 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) Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL Casualties = 1 WIA The helicopter Continued Flight. The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives. Original source(s) and document(s) from which
the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information
Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P3, 22502.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15093 The Army purchased this helicopter April 1967 Total flight hours at this point: 00001336 Date: 02/11/70 Incident number: 70021111.KIA Unit: 170 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 The following is crew member information for this incident: Name: PFC Lannie Ray Anderson
Name: WO1 Richard Bouche Davis, Jr.
The following information is secondary, but
may help in explaining this incident.
Name: CPT Thomas Lee Norwood, Jr. (posthumously promoted) Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/11/70 while performing the duty of Pilot. Age at death: 22.7 Date of Birth: 05/14/47 Home City: Abbeville, SC Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army. Unit: 170 AHC Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade Flight class: 69-12 Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army. The Wall location: 14W-128 Short Summary: Hit by friendly fire from bunker line at green line (An Khe) W/Rick Davis. Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-15093 Call sign: Buccaneers SSN: 464743677 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander) Primary cause: Friendly Fire Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: unknown Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: pilot Started Tour: 07/01/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot Length of service: 02 Location: Binh Dinh Province II Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed married 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 Posted: 24 August 2003 Updated: 10 July 2007 |
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