JESSE, WILLIAM CLIFTON

07/20/72 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 08/15//73


Name: William Clifton Jesse
Branch/Rank: United States Army/W2
Unit: Troop F, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade.
Date of Birth: 25 September 1949
Home City of Record: LAWTON OK
Date of Loss: 02 May 1972
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 163925 North  1071320 East
Status (in 1973):  Missing in Action
Category: UH1H
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:
Missions:

Other Personnel in Incident: Joseph Berkson, Charles Morgan, John
Petrilla, Dale Porterfield, all remains returned

Refno: 1839

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.  2020

REMARKS: 07/20/72 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 08/15//73

CRASH/AIRCREW/QUANG TRI 5 miles South of Quang Tri

No further information available at this time.
 

 

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01/2020

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CWO WILLIAM C. JESSE

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On April 22, 1973, the Central Identification Laboratory-Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Chief Warrant Officer William C. Jesse, missing from the Vietnam War.

Chief Warrant Officer Jesse joined the U.S. Army from Oklahoma and was a member of Troop F, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 2, 1972, he was the pilot of a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 70-15863) assisting in search and recovery efforts in Quang-Tri Province, Vietnam. The Iroquois was downed by an enemy surface-to-air missile, and CWO Jesse was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts for the Iroquois were prevented by the heavy enemy presence in the area of the crash. In July 1972, a search team reached the crash site and recovered the crew's remains, and CWO Jesse was identified from among the remains recovered.

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