Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/06/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.

Age at death: 21.7

Flight class: 68-524/68-44

Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-15585
Position in vehicle: co-pilot

Started Tour: 04/04/1969

single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
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: officer

This record was last updated on 05/25/1998

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15585
The Army purchased this helicopter 0469
Total flight hours at this point: 00000020
Date: 06/06/1969
Incident number: 69060666.KIA
UTM grid coordinates: XT326899
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

Crew Members:
AC 1LT BRESKI JOSEPH JR KIA
P WO1 BOSENBARK SAMUEL GAROLD KIA
CE SP4 SHARP JOHN DAVID KIA

This record was last updated on 07/23/2002

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