11 Jun 1998 REMEMBERED by his cousin, Dan Dine debdine@iamerica.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 09 August 1969 three men from "A" Troop, 1/9th Cavalry, were conducting a recon mission in the area between Nui Ba Den Mountain and the Cambodian border. As they approached the border at a point about 18 kilometers northwest of Tonle Cham Airfield their helicopter, OH-6A tail number 67-16269, received heavy fire, began to burn, and crashed, killing all three men: WO Stephen A. Young, Las Cruces, NM SP5 James C. Dine, Granite City, IL SP4 Michael R. Seibert, Parkersburg, IL According to comments in the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots' Association database, there was a 48-hour dispute over access to the wreckage, with both the NVA/VC and US forces attempting to gain control of the area. One comment states the US Air Force lost an F-4 during the fight, but there's no record of an F-4 loss in South Vietnam between 09 and 14 August 1969. Alpha 1/9 did lose another soldier on 09 August - Corporal Virgil L. Castle of Athens, Ohio was killed by gunshot. It is possible that he was in A/1/9's aero-rifle platoon and was killed during the recovery effort.

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