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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Sgt Stephen Willcox - Deceased
Casualty Info
Home Town Philadelphia
Last Address Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Casualty Date Oct 21, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Darlac (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Resurrection Cemetery - Bensalem, Pennsylvania
"Date: Oct 21, 1968
Aircraft: AC-47
Tail Number: 45-0934
Location: 30 miles south of Ban Me Thuot in Darlac Province, South Vietnam. The aircraft, which belonged to the 460th Tac Recon Wing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, was enroute to Hong Kong via Danang, carrying a load of R&R personnel. While enroute the pilot declared an emergency, stating that the port engine had failed and that the propeller would not feather. He requested and received vectors for an emergency landing at Ban Me Thout, but instead hit a mountainside at the 2300 foot level.
Number of people onboard: 21 servicemen and 2 civilians (Seventeen men assigned to Det 1, 460th TRW)." Bernard Francis Kissell Jr., (Non-Crew) is listed as aboard that aircraft.
