| Date: 4 September 1967 |
| Aircraft type: C-123K Provider |
| Serial Number: 54-0621 |
| Military Unit: 19 ACS, 315 ACW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Phan Rang |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Col Merle Deane Turner (KIA) |
| Capt Edward Louis Goucher (KIA) |
| A1C James Russell Mayo (KIA) |
| Capt William Benjamin Mahone (KIA) |
| Capt Virgil Kinnaird Kelley (KIA) |
| TSgt Jacklin Meggs Boatwright (KIA) |
| MSgt Harold Clarence Cook (KIA) |
| MSgt Charles Alonzo Paradise (8 APS, 377 CSG) (KIA) |
| TSgt Frederick Lamar Thrower (8 APS, 377 CSG) (KIA) |
| A1C Gerard Louis Joseph Gauthier (8 APS, 377 CSG) (KIA) |
| A1C William Edgar Jerkins (8 APS, 377 CSG) (KIA) |
| A Provider (call sign Bookie 23) , captained by the commanding officer of the 19th ACS, disappeared in South Vietnam during a flight from Bien Hoa to Nha Trang with the loss of all on board. The wreckage of the aircraft was found two days later near Bao Loc, its first scheduled stop. The cause of the accident was attributed to pilot error in bad weather but there were also rumours of it being shot down by ground fire. Four of the passengers (named above), were a Ranch Hand crew on their way to Nha Trang to collect one of their aircraft that had been under repair for battle damage. The other four passengers were combat controllers with the 8th Aerial Port Squadron. |
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