From the 119th unit history.
3 Sep. At approximately 1300 hours the 119th the 119th was notified that Gator 373 was down. It crashed and burned near Jackson,s hole. WO Bosley, A/C, and WO DANIEL were killed in the crash, but positive identification was not made untill the next day. The crew chief and gunner, SP4 Klimick and SP4 Allen were evacauated to the 18th Surgical Hospital.

From the VHPA records:
DANIEL JAMES LEE
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Name: WO1 James Lee Daniel
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/02/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 25.9
Date of Birth: 10/21/1941
Home City: Athens, TN
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 119 AHC, 52 CAB
Major organization: other
Flight class: 66-23/66-21
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 25E-082
Short Summary: Flew into fog then turned into a hill at Jackson Hole with James Gilbert Bosley. Crew chief and gunner survived.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16373
Service number: W3155231
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Primary cause: A/C Accident WX
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 03/06/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
The following information 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: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/07/2000

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