1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown

When

12 May 1968

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

15.44° N, 107.80° E

Description

US Air Force aviation disaster

Deaths

155

Injured

0

US Air Force aviation disaster

A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules aircraft was shot down on May 12, 1968, during the Battle of Kham Duc in Vietnam. Everyone on board, 150 Vietnamese civilians, one U.S. Special Forces officer, and 5 U.S. Air Force crewmen, were killed.

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