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Brothers Killed in Action in USMC Helicopters or while assigned to USMC Helicopter Squadrons in Korea 500929 VMO-6 (FW) Korea |
| Incident Date 500929 VMO-6 (FW) OY-2 Grasshopper 122510 Shot down by hostile fire during observation mission |
| [CREW] Odenbaugh, Thomas Donald 2ndLt AO VMO-6 (FW) 1stMarDiv(reinf)/10thArmyCorps 500929 Rives, Edwin Eugene Capt. Pilot VMO-6 (FW) HQCo/HQBn/1stMARDIV 500929
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| THOMAS DONALD ODENBAUGH :
33 MAG (HQ SQDN) 1 MAW :
MARINES :
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) :
DATE OF LOSS DECEMBER 2, 1953 :
1LT - O2 :
049224 :
MOS ----- :
OTTUMWA, IA :
PLACE OF LOSS - 5 MILES N SEOUL :
BORN OCTOBER 2, 1926 :
CAUCASIAN :
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 22192 :
DATE OF FINAL STATUS (DECEMBER 2, 1953) :
MAG 33, ALL WEATHER SQDN :
Declared MIA 29SEP1950 : Declared KIA 2DEC1953 : Body not recovered EDWIN EUGENE RIVES : HQ CO 1 HQ BN 1 MAR DIV : MARINES : HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) : DATE OF LOSS SEPTEMBER 29, 1950 : CPT - O3 : 018979 : MOS ----- : MEMPHIS, KY : PLACE OF LOSS - 5 MILES N SEOUL : BORN JULY 20, 1919 : CAUCASIAN : KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 25194 : DATE OF FINAL STATUS (SEPTEMBER 29, 1950) : |
Excerpted from A History of Marine Observation Squadron Six: "On 29 September [1950], the squadron lost an OY aircraft and a HO3S-1 helicopter. The OY was shot down 5 miles north of Seoul, killing the aerial observer(1), Captain Edwin E Rives(2)[Rivers]. First Lieutenant Arthur R. Bancroft was dispatched in a helicopter to rescue the pilot(1), Second Lieutenant Thomas D. Odenbaugh, but Bancroft's HO3S-1 was also shot down by enemy aircraft fire. Bancroft was killed in the crash, and Odenbaugh was declared Missing In Action on 29 September 1950." "The squadron believed that Second Lieutenant Odenbaugh was taken captive but there was never any confirmation by the enemy of his capture, and he was officially listed as missing in action on 29 September 1950. His remains were never found, and he was declared killed in action on 2 December 1953" NOTE 1: There is a possibility that Rives was the pilot and Odenbaugh was the AO, unlike the comment in the VMO-6 History. NOTE 2. RIVES is the correct spelling of the name according to his daughter, Pam Goode. Submitted by History and Museums Division, USMC, Historian, USMC Combat Helicopter Association Source: "A History of Marine Observation Squadron Six" History and Museums Division, USMC KORWALD Loss Incident Summary: Correction/Additional Information: Korean War Project: Korean War Project: |
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