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Helicopter shot down

Burnett was one of three passengers on a helicopter shot down on the Vietnam-Laos border on 7 March, 1971.

Two passengers survived the crash and escaped. They said Burnett and the pilot were badly hurt and trapped by the wreckage.

South Vietnamese forces reached the crash site 11 days later, but found no trace of the missing men.


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	Helicopter shot down Burnett was one of three passengers on a helicopter shot down on the Vietnam-Laos border on 7 March, 1971. Two passengers survived the crash and escaped. They said Burnett and the pilot were badly hurt and trapped by the wreckage. South Vietnamese forces reached the crash site 11 days later, but found no trace of the missing men.