Frank Sanchez Hernandez E5/US Army Unit: Company B, 158th Aviation Battalion, 160th Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division Date of Birth: 02 December 1947 (Sanger, CA) HOme City of Record: Fresno, CA Date of Loss: 06 May 1970 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 1647043N 1065043E (XD968382) Status (in 1973): Killed/Bnody Not Recovered Category: 2 Aicraft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1H Refno: 1612 Other Personnel in Incident: Richard C. Worthington (missing) Source: Information is compiled from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency source, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, and interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. network in 1998. Remarks: Synopsis: on May 6, 1970, CW2 Richard C. Worthington, pilot; WO1 Robert L. Kirk, co-pilot; SP4 William C. Weiss Jr., crew cheif; and SP4 Frank S. Hernandez, gunner; were the crew of a UH1H helicopter (serial #68-15663) which was in a flight with several other helicopters laying a smoke screen on a landing zone near enemy positions in Quang Trai Province, South Vietnam. During the mission this helicopter had a mid-air collision with another helicopter and crashed. A survivor from the other helicopter stated Worthington's helicopter skid has struck the main rooter of his helicopter. He indicated that he had not seen any hostile fire. A search tem was sent the same day (May 6) and found 2 bodies which were identified as the remanis of WO1 Kirk and SP4 Weiss. There were no signs of anyone having left the crash site area. It was believed that there were no survivors of the crash. (Note: the crew and occupants of the second helicopter apparently survived the crash. While damage to a rooter blade generally means a subsequent crash, the aircraft may have been  flying at a low enough altitude to lessen the impact.) Hernandez and Worthington were classified as Killed/Bodies Not Rocovered. They are listed with honer among the missing because their bodies remain on enemy soil. Unlike most Americans missing in southeast Asia, it is unlikely that the cases of Hernandez and Worthington can be resolved by the return of remains. Since American involvement in Indochina ended in 1975, nearly 10,000 reports relating to Americans still missing in Southeast Asia have been recieved by the U.S. government. Most authorities now believe that there are still hundreds of these fighting men alive in communist prisons. For the deaths of Hernandez and Worthington, as well as over 58,000 other Americans to have an honorable meaning, the war must have an honorable end-the return of all living Americans and the fullest possible accounting of the missing.

Gerald Lee Ramsden US Navy/04 Unit:?? DOB: 10 MAY 1935 Home City Of Record: Fresno, CA Date Of Loss: 23 January 1968 Country Of Loss: North Vietnam/ Over Water Loss Coordinates: 184358N 1061857E Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A6A (Intruder) #152932 Missions:?? Other Personnel In Incident:?? Refno: 1003 Source: Compiled by POW Network from one or more of the following: Raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondences with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF (Combined Action Combat Casualty Files) Remarks; CACCF/Crash/Pilot/10 Yrs United States Navy No Other Information At This Time

Robert Charles Miller US Air Force/04 DOB: 17 August 1929 Home City Of Record: Hayward, CA Date Of Loss: 28 August 1968 Country Of Loss: Laos Loss Coordinates: 175744N 1023531E Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered Category: 3 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: T28 Other Personnel In Incident: Elbert Philips, KIA/BNR Refno: 1266 Source: Compiled by one or more of the following: data from the U.S. government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCK (Combined Action Combat Casualty File) Remarks: CACCF/Crash/Pilot/20 Yrs USAF No other infomation at this time

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