Vietnam South U.S. Dead

Casket containing the bodies of seven American helicopter crewmen killed in a crash on January 11, were loaded aboard a plane on Monday, Jan. 14 for Shipment home. The crewmen were on board a H21 helicopter that crashed near a hut on an Island in the middle of one of the branches of the Mekong River, about 55 miles Southwest of Saigon. Photo shows: U.S. soldiers saluting caskets containing the bodies of seven American helicopter crewmen killed in a crash before they were loaded aboard a plane shown Jan. 14, 1963. (AP Photo)