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Date: 30 August 1970
Aircraft type: OV-10A Bronco
Serial Number: 68-3798
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Capt Michael John McGerty (KIA)
MSgt Charles Howard Gray (US Army) (KIA)

A FAC was lost while on a FAC mission about 60 miles southwest of Da Nang. The aircraft (call sign Covey 21) was shot down by ground fire close to the border between South Vietnam and Laos and both the pilot and the Special Forces observer were killed.

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