AR 15-6 Investigation, ordnance Explosion, Doha,

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                 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY CENTRAL COMMAND (FORWARD)
                                 APO NEW YORK 09616
    
    AFSC-IT                                         8 August 1991
    
    NEMORANDUM FOR Commanding General, ARCENT FWD, APO New York   f/q
                    09616
    SUBJECT:   AR 15-6 Investigation, ordnance Explosion, Doha,
               Kuwait, 23 July 1991
    1. ethis investigation was conducted per appointment at
    Enclosure I.
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    2e'  Findings.
       -a.  At 1420, 23 July 1991, at Doha, Kuwait, unexploded
    ordnance being unloaded from a 1 1/2 ton trailer into a pit for
    subsequent destruction detonated for unknown reasons, killing
    three US Army soldiers instantly-
             (1) The most probable scenario is that an M42/M46
    submunition, stacked with dozens of others in a cardboard box
    without required cushioning and jostled about during transport-1
    armed, then detonated as the box was being unloaded from the
    trailer, setting off almost simultaneous explosions in the pit
    and  the trailer. See Exhibit 46 for a detailed narrative. See
    Exhibit 44 for a sketch of the area.
             (2) The force of the blast killed instantly
                                          The PFC's body stayed
            The deceased soldiers' remains were not collected in
    accordance with FM 10-j63 because medical personnel rather than
    graves registration personnel performed the task. See Exhibits
    48,  49, and 50 for comments an4 area clearance from the mortuary
    detachment.            Certificates of deaths are at Exhibits 42 and 43.
         b.                         were 146th Ordnance Detachment
    MOD), 111th ordnance Group personnel in performance of their
    mission to clear the Doha camp of unexploded, ordnance scattered
    over the north and south compounds following an 11 July 1991
    explosion.             was assigned to the 58th Combat Engineer
    Compa.hy (czC), 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), and was -
    attached to the regimental headquarters engineer section. He was
    acting as the track commander of the M113 Armored Personnel
    Carrier (Apci that towed the trailer to the disposal pit. The
    M113 driver, , also assigned to the 58th CECt
    was the fourth soldier in the immediate vicinity of the
    
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