Incident Date 19651106 HMM-161 UH-34D Grnd Incident - Maintenance Accident
Antonelly, Charles Joseph Cpl Maint HMM-161 MAG-16 1965-11-06 (vvm 03E:023)
Personal Narrative
Helicopter was being towed with a fuel/oil truck. Antonelly was told to sit in the helo, and ride the brakes. He somehow fell out and was run almost over by the right main gear of the H-34. He died of his injuries.
Submitted by: Dan Gordon, crew chief, HMM-161, 20030802Personal Information
Born May 31,1945; Died Nov 6, 1965
Submitted by: Joe Mikus, Friend of Charles Joseph Antonelly, 20100602Cpl Charles Joseph Antonelly
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Cpl Charles Joseph Antonelly
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A brother of Charles ( Eddie) would like to connect with any unit members who served with Charles. I recently connected with Eddie to inform him that Charles was the first of the Edison 64 to die in Vietnam. The school, Edison high school in Philadelphia incurred the highest death total in the USA. We attended together last week the grand opening of a 64 unit homeless community for Vietnam Veterans on the original school grounds.
Bob Reilly
Vietnam Veteran
69-70