Notes:

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

Died:
Killed in helicopter accident (shot down)