Does anyone recall this incident?

From the book "Rangers at War, LRRP's in Vietnam

22 Oct 68, recon team 28 (5 men) was inserted near Ban Me Thuot to conduct a three-day surveillance mission. The team requested emergency night extraction. The helicopter arrived and hovered over a pond on the flare-lit landing zone. The aircraft commander was unaware that the puddle was shallow and wanted to avoid landing in deep water. The five patrollers bunched up along the aircraft starboard side. Boarding attempts were complicated by the unsteady riding of the helicopter off the ground. Radioman Hamby was finally shoved on from behind, Pfc. Bernard C. Pisarcik managed to hoist himself onto the cabin floor, and Sp4 Gerald O. Hancock was halfway aboard. The helicopter hovered about three minutes before the pilot asked, "Are we up?" The door gunner claimed that one of the recon members told the pilot to take off. The pilot asked again, "Is everyone on?" and the door gunner replied, "I think so." The helicopter took off as Hancock pulled himself inside.

As the helicopter gained altitude, Private Pisarcik yelled to Hamby, "Where's the other two guy's?" Private Hamby looked over the helicopter side, saw someone hanging from the skid, and shouted back, "Finley's on the skid!" Pisarcik peered next over the edge but saw nothing but trees. He screamed at the pilot, "You've left two people back there!" The helicopter circled back but landed at another location. The patrollers exited, saw the clearing was covered by vines and tall grass, and reboarded the helicopter saying, "This is the wrong field." The helicopter pilot circled the woods and returned to Ban Me Thout.

An extensive ground search began at daybreak. The body of assistant team leader Sp4 Luther A. Ghahate was found along the helicopter flight path where he had fallen from a great height. Dickie Waine Finley remains missing in action.