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Brothers Killed in Action in USMC Helicopters or while assigned to USMC Helicopter Squadrons in Korea 530212 HMR-161 Korea |
| Incident Date 530212 HMR-161 HRS-1 BuNo 127798 Crashed at sea enroute to carrier |
| [CREW] Brand Jr., Joe Lycurgus TSgt Crew Chief HMR-161 1stMAW 530212 Ruggles, Allen Ward Capt Pilot HMR-161 1stMARDIV 530212
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| JOE LYCURGUS BRAND JR :
161 HMR SQDN 1 MAW :
MARINES :
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) :
DATE OF LOSS FEBRUARY 12, 1953 :
GSGT - E7 :
415257 :
MOS ----- :
ORLANDO, FL :
PLACE OF LOSS - AT SEA 25 MILES S PUSAN :
BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1923 :
CAUCASIAN :
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 3054 :
DATE OF FINAL STATUS: (FEBRUARY 12, 1953) :
C1 PER DIOR HELICOPTER CRASH AT SEA :
body not recovered
ALLEN WARD RUGGLES : 161 HMR SQDN 1 MAW : MARINES : HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) : DATE OF LOSS FEBRUARY 12, 1953 : CPT - O3 : 038673 : MOS ----- : CONCORD, MA : PLACE OF LOSS - AT SEA 25 MILES S PUSAN: BORN DECEMBER 13, 1920 : CAUCASIAN : KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 25984 : DATE OF FINAL STATUS: (FEBRUARY 12, 1953) : body not recovered |
History and Museums Division, USMC: "HMR-161 had been able to maintain an amazing record of flight safety conducting helicopter operations in a combat zone for 17 months without losing a man. Unfortunately, this record ended on 12 February 1953. Captain Allen W. Ruggles and his crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joseph L. Brand Jr., were about 25 miles south of Pusan on their way to rendezvous with an aircraft carrier that was to take them to Japan, when their helicopter crashed into the water. Mechanical trouble was believed to have been the cause; neither the bodies nor the aircraft were ever recovered." Submitted by Alan H Barbour, Historian, Historian, USMC Combat Helicopter Association KORWALD Loss Incident Summary: Korean War Project: Korean War Project: |
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