Doyle Daniel Dunbar

Specialist Five
C CO, 158TH AHB, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
03 September 1948 - 15 April 1969
Hamilton, Montana
Panel 27W Line 086

101 ABN DIV

158TH AHB
Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Doyle Daniel Dunbar

22 June 1999

REMEMBERED

by Lois
candl@lvcm.com
24 Apr 2007

I went through school with Doyle and he met his fate a scant 80 miles from me in Vietnam. I always had regrets about not flying him home but I was not informed of his death until it was too late for me to do so. Rest in Peace.

From a friend,
Kenneth R. Printz
SP5 192nd AHC Vietnam LZ Betty
sprintz@blackfoot.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Six men were killed when their UH-1H (tail number 67-17614) went down south of Hue/Phu Bai, about 6 kilometers west of Phu Loc:
  • Aircrew, C Co, 158th AHB
    • WO Terrence J. Mortensen, Champaign, IL
    • WO Jerone J. Warnick, Princess Anne, MD
    • SP5 Doyle D. Dunbar, Hamilton, MT

  • Sensor operators, HQ Co, 101st Abn Div
    • CPT Robert A. Young, Little Rock, AR
    • SP5 Herbert S. Hildebrand, Hot Springs, AR

  • Passenger
    • MAJ Neal W. Lovsnes, Carlisle, PA, 101st Admin Co, 101st Abn Div
They were flying "low ship" on a sensor mission when the rotor blade impacted the top of a tall tree. The aircraft caught fire, rolled inverted, and crashed in a cockpit-down attitude before rolling down a hillside where it exploded and burned. The door gunner was thrown free before initial impact, survived the fall, and was found by infantrymen inserted to recover the crew.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
one who remembers,
Lois
candl@lvcm.com



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 22 Jun 1999
Last updated 09/21/2007