Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Memorial Map
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KLEIV MANFORD LLOYD

09 OCT 1964 · 117 AHC · UH-1B · #63-08627

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Helicopter was successfully autorotated after losing engine oil pressure due to hostile fire. In the process of returning the helicopter via CH-37 sling load, it became disengaged from the CH-37 at about 1,000 feet. The remaining crashed helicopter was destroyed by a thermite granade to prevent the enemy from getting anything useful from it.

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