I received this request. If any of you have info please reply.
My name is Stephanie Hanson and my father - Gary Norman Young - was a
corpsman in Vietnam. He was killed in a medevac helicopter crash on 2/7/69
that occured approximately 7 miles NW of An Hoa in Arizona Territory.
I've successfully tracked down the unit he was flying with - HMM-364 the
Purple Foxes - and they have been really wonderful in helping me figure out
what happened that day from the perspective of the helicopter unit.
But for years, I've been searching for the grunt unit to try to find out the
circumstances of what happened on the ground before the medevac was called
in. Yesterday, another Vietnam veteran sent me unit diaries showing that it
was 1/7 Alpha and Bravo company that were involved in the incident.
My question to you is, were you in-country at this time and if so, do you
possibly remember any events surrounding the crash? I know it's tough to
pinpoint certain days with incidents, so maybe a further write-up of the
events would help. We've got some information posted at:
http://www.hmm-364.org/bartolina.html
I would appreciate any information you are willing to share and/or any
others who you might think would know of the events of this day. Thank you.
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