CHEMICAL CASUALTY DESCRIPTION 10 JUN 91

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Subject = CHEMICAL CASUALTY DESCRIPTION  10 JUN 91                        

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 3 AD CHAP 8 OTHER STAFF SEC XII ASSISTANT DIV CHEM OFFICER                                      

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           AETV-TF-CC                                             10 June 1991


           MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

           SUBJECT: Chemical Casualty Occurring During "Bunker Search and
           Equipment Destruction Mission" Within the 3AD Area of Operation.
                                                            5 USC 552(b)(6)
           1. On 01 Mar 91, PFC David A. Fisher                 , a 19D cavalry
           scout assigned to the 4/8th Cav, 3AD was performing a search and
           destroy mission of Iraqi equipment and bunker complexes.
           Somewhere among the several complexes he visited he brushed
           against an unknown surface which deposited a chemical agent upon
           his flack jacket and his nomex suit. He was unaware of the
           contact with the chemical agent.


           2. PFC Fisher returned back to his unit still unaware of any
           contact. He was assigned to morning guard duty at 0100 hrs on 02
           Mar. He noticed a redness associated with skin irritation on his
           upper left arm which felt like a "spider bite". By 0400 the same
           day, blisters appeared. The blisters were in the area of his
           polio-immunization site. The blister size was 1/41, x 1/2". Later
           that morning he reported to sick call to get treatment. He was
           not treated for a chemical injury at that time.


           3. Later that day his signs and symptoms did not   go away. His
           blisters spread to his lower arm. He returned to   sick call where
           he underwent skin decontamination. At this point   he was processed
           as a chemical agent casualty and treated as such.


           4. Chemical RECON (FOX) vehicles were dispatched   to "sniff" the
           articles of clothing and to search bunkers in the  AO for signs of
           chemical contamination. The FOX mass spectrometer tapes indicated
           the presence of an H-series blister agent. On 03 Mar 0940, HD
           chemical blister agent was reported to be found in a bunker at
           location QU 050072.








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