Tag: Tail number 16664

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Bauman, Richard Lee
Army Chief warrant officer

Richard Lee Bauman, age 22, from Columbus, Ohio, Franklin county. Their last known residence was in Columbus.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 17, 1971
Death details:  On March 17, 1971, a UH-1 Iroquois (tail number 16664) with a crew of four on a combat mission in Cambodia was shot down by enemy ground fire. Although searchers were unable to establish any radio contact with possible survivors, search and rescue missions attempted to reach the crash site for a week. Each attempt was driven off by enemy fire, and the search was finally called off.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Richard Lee Bauman, who joined the U.S. Army from Ohio, served with the 128th Assault Helicopter Company, 11th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the pilot of the Iroquois when it crashed, and further attempts to locate him or his remains have been unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Army promoted Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bauman to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3). Today, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Bauman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Cemetery: Memorialized at Mifflin in Gahanna, Ohio

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Dix, Craig Mitchell
Army Staff sergeant

Craig Mitchell Dix, age 21, from Livonia, Michigan, Wayne county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 17, 1971
Death details: On March 17, 1971, a UH-1 Iroquois (tail number 16664) with a crew of four on a combat mission in Cambodia was shot down by enemy ground fire. Although searchers were unable to establish any radio contact with possible survivors, search and rescue missions attempted to reach the crash site for a week. Each attempt was driven off by enemy fire, and the search was finally called off.

Specialist Four Craig Mitchell Dix, who joined the U.S. Army from Michigan, served with the 128th Assault Helicopter Company, 11th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the crew chief aboard the Iroquois when it crashed, and further attempts to locate him or his remains have been unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Army promoted Specialist Four Dix to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). Today, Staff Sergeant Dix is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Harris, Bobby Glenn
Army Staff sergeant

Bobby Glenn Harris, age 19, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, March 17, 1971

Death details: On July 7, 2003, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Bobby Glenn Harris, missing from the Vietnam War.
Staff Sergeant Harris entered the U.S. Army from Texas and was a member of the 128th Aviation Company, 11th Aviation Battalion. On March 17, 1971, he was the crew chief aboard a UH-1 Iroquois (tail number 16664) that was shot down by enemy ground fire while inserting troops into Cambodia. He did not survive the crash, and his body was not recovered at the time of his loss. A joint U.S./Cambodian investigative team eventually recovered remains that U.S. analysts identified as those of SSG Harris.

Cemetery: Fort Gibson National

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com