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Sea crash kills five as US Navy crew rescued
Saigon reports a US Navy SP2K Neptune crash in the South China Sea off central Vietnam killing five of twelve aboard. Destroyers Bausell and Maddox saved eight. The Maddox faced torpedo boat fire in the Gulf of Tonkin last month. The crash occurred 75 miles off Vietnam’s coast and 175 miles south of the 17th parallel. The Navy identified killed as Cmdr John C. Thomas and four missing. crew members include Michael J. Aliesni, Deloss W. Anderson, Donald F. Maul, Weslie D. Newhorn. The Maddox was the first US warship fired on by Communist torpedo boats in the Tonkin Gulf.
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Saigon
Ups
South China Sea
Viet Nam
U.S
Bausell
Maddox
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy
Sangley Point
Manila
Philippines
Langley Point
Washington
John .C. Thomas
Thomas
Ruth
Marine Corps ‘Air Station
Twakuni
Japan
Portland
Ind
Michael John Aliesni
Aviaion Structural Mechanic
Parkville
Minn
Deloss Wiliam Anderson
Aviation Machinist
Spokane
Wash
Donald Frank Maul
Aviation Ordnanceman
Litchfield
Weslie David Y Newhorn
Aviation Electrician
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Navy
Tonkin’ Gulf
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Johnson
United States
Tonkin Gulf