John Henry Ralph Brooks
Staff Sergeant
129TH AHC, 268TH AVN BN, 17TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV Army of the United States Bryant Pond, Maine April 08, 1949 to February 11, 1974 (Incident Date May 13, 1969) JOHN H BROOKS is on the Wall at Panel W25, Line 95 |
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Your friends at the 129th pray you are at peace, John.
Always a sister to our veterans - |
The MissionOn 13 May 1969 three UH-1H helicopters of the 129th Assault Helicopter Company were assigned in support of an RoK troop insertion in Binh Dinh Province. The assault was directed at an NVA position atop a hill, and the insertion point was down-slope. The first two aircraft safely dropped their troops, but the third UH-1 (tail number 67-17399) hit a land mine on touchdown. Although the UH-1 managed to get airborne after the explosion it crashed upslope. Nine RoK troops and four Americans were aboard:
The bodies of WO Witmer, WO Stowe, and SP4 Goonan were recovered on 14 May. Brooks and the two Koreans who moved downhill were never found. As mentioned, three Korean troopers evaded and rejoined friendly forces. Of the 13 men aboard, 3 survived; 3 were missing in action; and 7 were killed in action. SP4 Brooks has not been repatriated. From the VHPA database and other sources |
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