Saturday, March 20, 1999
CW2 Jack D. Knepp
Name: CW2 Jack Dale Knepp
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/29/69 while performing the
duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 29.2
Date of Birth: 09/11/40
Home City: Big Bear City, CA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/229 AVN 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 68-517
Service: AV branch of tbe U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 15W-S
Short Summary: Shot down with ground fire, killed on impact. Aircraft was
destroyed by TACAIR to
destroy classified sniffer equipment on board.
Aircraft: UH-IH tail number 68-15246
SSN: 545546680 Service number: W3163196
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: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: aircraft commander
Started Tour: 02/06/69
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Current status: hostile dead - killed out-right
Length of service: 08
Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualy type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Baptist - other groups
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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