While returning from a mission on Feb 11,1970 our huey crashed in the South China Sea off of the beach at Chu Lai was wondering anyone remembers who the pilots and anyone else aboard who survived that crash.

I am having back problems now and I am trying to develop some history as to why.
I think my back problems may have started that day.

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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17463
The Army purchased this helicopter 0468
Total flight hours at this point: 00001325
Date: 02/11/1970
Accident case number: 700211251 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: D/1/1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Chu Lai in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0, Injured = 2, Passengers = 11
costing 244345
Original source(s)and document(s)from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report)
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC W1 ANDERSON DF
P W1 BOYLE W
CE E4 BOSON CP
G E4 JURCIA TW

Passengers:
E3 AW WOLFORD, PAX, G; O2 JS GADEL, PAX, G; E5 M ESTES, PAX, D; E4 R WILLIAMS, PAX, G; GADEL, PAX, G; E4 JR WRAY, PAX, G; E3 JA NEVILLE, PAX, G; NEVILLE, PAX, G; WATKINS, PAX, G; E5 RL TUCKER, PAX, G; TUCKER, PAX, G;

Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN ITS MISSION AS A RECOVERY AIRCRAFT FOR A VISUAL RECONNAISSANCE TEAM. THE CARGO INCLUDED SEVEN INFANTRYMEN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT SHUT DOWN SINCE TAKEOFF AND HAD STOPPED FOR REFUELING ONCE AT QUANG NGAI. THE HELICOPTER WAS RETURNING TO CHU LAI AND WAS ON A DOWN-WIND FOR LANDING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE UH-1H WAS FLYING AT 300 FEET AND 80 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WAS AT THE CONTROLS WHEN THE HELICOPTER VIOLENTLY BANKED LEFT AND ASSUMED A NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE. BOTH ^WO1 ANDERSEN^ AND ^WO1 BOYLE^ ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO A NORMAL ATTITUDE WITH THE CYCLIC, BUT IT APPEARED TO HAVE NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER THEN INCREASED COLLECTIVE PITCH WHICH MEMENTARILY BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE HELICOPTER THEN PITCHED TO THE RIGHT AND AGAIN THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER, APPLIED COLLECTIVE PITCH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE BUT WAS TAIL LOW. JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT THE HELICOPTER AGAIN ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT IN THE WATER IN THIS ATTITUDE.