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| | DefenseLINK News: Family of Missing Serviceman Copes With Lack of Closure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21) |
 | | When he was shot down on March 17, 1971, Lilly was a member of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), flying as co-pilot of a Cobra helicopter gunship on a secret visual-reconnaissance mission over Cambodia. |
 | | The military report of the incident states that as the aircraft was near a landing zone, it was hit by enemy fire and forced to the ground deep inside Cambodia in the Snuol District of Kracheh province, near Seang village. |
 | | The pilot, Capt. David P. Schweitzer, was rescued, but heavy enemy fire forced the rescue helicopter to leave the area before Lilly could be extracted. |
| www.defenselink.mil /news/Jun2005/20050620_1774.html (1585 words) |
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