Shoo: On July 11, while reacting to a LRRP team in trouble northeast of LZ Armageddon, my gunner, SP4 Warren Lively, was KIA by a sniper who also put several rounds into the aircraft. I was first into a terrible LZ; Tom Gardner and Dave Estes were flying gun support.
The August crash occurred over on English beach, just to the north of the mouth of the Bong Song river. WO's Merlin Wentzel and Pete O'Brien went down in a rainsquall when they snagged a fish net while flying low level under arty. Also killed were Ricky Johnston and Ray Stansbury, the crew, and 3 or 4 pax. All four of these guys arrived in the unit in mid April.
Pickett