Saturday, March 20, 1999
WO1 Dennis D. Bogle
Name: WOl Dennis Dean Bogle
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/29/69 while performing the
duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.0
Date of Birth: 12/10/47
Home City: Oklahoma City, OK
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 69-3/69-1
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 15W-3
Short Summary: Shot down with ground fire, killed on impact. Aircraft was
destroyed by TACAIR to
destroy classified sniffer equipment on board.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-15246
SSN: 447449924 Service number: W3163963
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Army rotary wing aviator, warrant officer
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 04/23/69
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Current status: hostile dead - died while MIA
Length of service: 02
Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this
incident.
Category of casualty as defmed by the Army: battle dead Category of
personnel: active duty Army
Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 07/20/96
(from Gary Roush roush@servtech.com)
Details:
LEFT BANK UH-1H
(68-15246)ARDF helicopter shot down by ground fire on 29 Nov 1969 near Landing Zone Buttons in Phuoc
Long Province at YU 069 124.
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