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Note: Name: PFC Philip Allison Tingley, Jr. Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/01/68 while performing the duty of Gunner. Age at death: 20.8 Date of Birth: 04/01/47 Home City: Arverne, NY Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Unit: 61 AHC Major organization: other Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 33E-015 Short Summary: Hit the side of An Khe pass in bad weather. Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16629 Service number: 11815789 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 11B20 = Infantryman Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: weapons Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: door gunner Started Tour: 11/01/67 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Location: Binh Dinh Province II Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Protestant - no denominational preference The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/24/94
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