Info Sheet - CPT James Madison Hamrick Jr.
His LOH Helicopter was shot down by small arms fire near the Iron Triangle (XT580300). He and his Crew Chief SP4 Don Hamuel Ware were killed.
Report from Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
HAMRICK JAMES MADISON JR
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Name: CPT James Madison Hamrick, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/20/1972 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 25.2
Date of Birth: 12/08/1946
Home City: Lexington Park, MD
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: F/4 CAV
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 68-505/68-3
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 02W-108
Aircraft: OH-6A tail number 67-16632
Call sign: Centaur 10
Service number: W3159615
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 61204
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 01/01/1972
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: missing in action - P I D
Length of service: *
Location: Binh Duong Province III Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: XT580300
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
Burial information: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/21/2001
Helicopter OH-6A 67-16632
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16632
The Army purchased this helicopter 0269
Total flight hours at this point: 00001331
Date: 02/20/1972
Incident number: 72022041.KIA
Unit: F/3/4 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT565273
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT HAMRICK JAMES MADISON JR KIA
CE SP4 WARE DON HAMUEL KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998