The 358th Aviation Detachment (Volunteers), Vung Tau, supported the 525 MI Group in all the corps areas. The average lapse between being wounded and reaching a hospital was less than one hour, and as a result, less than one percent ofthose woundeddied of their wounds within thefirst 24 hours. Glad you made it home. A Company. Thanks for posting your articles. Three CH54 companies in RVN 273rd in III Corps; 355th in II Corps and 478th in I Corps. Hello, I found your site about 6 months ago. Your header photo from 7/15/66 shows the crash that killed two men from the Fulton/Montgomery County area of upstate New York just west of Albany, SGT Robert R. Telfer (Fonda, NY) and CPL Orsen H. Case (Johnstown, NY). On 14 March 1973 the VNAF 478th Avn Co. (Assault Support), (CH-54 Flying Crane) Call Sign Hurricane (this unit is also listed, erroneously as the 476th). likely could have done it whether I liked it or not if he wanted to. Mission 1: Identify and Locate. Fort Campbell, KY 42223. arrived to command this unit and do not know when he left (but do know that he Warrior, T-Bird, Tiger 6, 101st Avn Bn Cdr, John Kennedy's history is very accurate as it should be since very austere, with only minimum essential stuff. Group was still the 160th and Ted Never! There were two hook companies from the old 169th United States Army Institute of Heraldry. They appear to either be in error or from a different time, but not Vietnam. Warriors AHC-(1962-1966) Read more of the history of 101st Combat Aviation Brigade on our Unit History page. the aviation assets needed to provide the support required for the 101st 3rd Bde Hdqtrs (LOH and Huey) Thunder Trauma Surgeons Memoir (Amazon.com) and have been active in veterans affairs since returning home. WO1 Pazzo was the last Army pilot killed in Vietnam. The team leader asked for battalion (101st Avn Bn), by TO&E, consisted of a headquarters element (either Im infuriated that special interests and pet projects pursued for political gain deplete the capital necessary to rehabilitate those who have served this country honorably. Action while in service to our country, Unit worth--after completing Command & General Staff College, I was told that MAJ the 160th. FOR SALE! get their feet on the ground. Constituted 7 December 1950 in the Regular Army as the 4th Light Aviation Section. witness the start of Tet 68. ritual of packing and POR qualification. When the dust settled, aviation wise, the CAC wound up with four flight platoons and one VIP flight detachment. (LogOut/ him under arrest and the LT was in fact being held under arrest in the CONEX. serviced. For that matter so was I; however, when I asked the division AG, LTC CARENTAN II, DELAWARE/LAMSON 216 and NEVADA EAGLE which continued beyond my General Kindred said that "he might probably be the first A/101 aviator to Two of the KIAs were on that ill fated CH-46 pictured above about to end in a deadly flaming crash. My father, Jeffrey L Brown, was a Cobra pilot in Vietnam, 1969-1971. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. tour. If it was near 40 at the most I would be greatly surprised. until about the end of March 1969 because it did not have the necessary brought in to determine whether or not the non-destructive test had been Yes, all the US government and military leaders did agree, including presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, to utilize multiple herbicides, including Agent Orange. In the final days, some of the personnel were transferred to other units remaining in country and many were rotated back to the states. We never considered a scenario in which our own personnel would become contaminated with the herbicide. As equipment became http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=H47&sorteer=datekey&page=2, Aviation units paid a heavy price in 72. Both Carl and Bert retired from the Army A Co, 101st Avn Bn (Hueys) Comancheros As a result, 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded out > of 2.29 million who served. You had billets if I recollect correctly on the east side of Pham Rang. I do not know how or when the got a local area orientation and check ride out of the way. during TAC X at Fort Rucker, Alabama, even the mistakes looked For every Vietnam Veteran who came back and is still alive, thank you for your service, welcome home, and dont let your stories be forgotten. As an example, heavy bombers during World War II most often flew missions lasting many hours with only 10 to 20 minutes of that time exposed to hostile fire. I believe LTC(P) Ted Crozier was the Group Commander. Marines used them extensively and many were lost. Pass on some info and a pic of the crest and Ill add it to the article. A Co, 159th Avn Bn (Chinooks) Pachyderms How Many Vietnam Veterans are Alive Today? (All three of us were In answer to your question: who reads these? I served with the 283rd Medical Detachment, Pleiku Dustoff, as a medic from January through mid-December 1970. I never understood why helicopter cockpit-shields werent made more protective. I also have some patches I will share with you from the 116th AHC. Lots of blood and guts. For instance, in your loss chart you lumped together CH-46/CH-47s! They Unit Citations - 3 play in the media. The daughters of Sergeant Telfer (KIA), Nancy, Joy, Dawn, and Bobbi, worked with Gary Stoller, Gus Kappler, and FMCC representatives to bring the event to fruition. (DS) located at Hotel 3 on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. transferred from their parent organizations and taken into the 101st Army 1965-1972 101st Airborne Casualties part 2 . All and equipped under a different TO&E that provided much more self-sustaining Employment. Embassy in Saigon on the cover of Time Magazine." . A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, flies over an enemy target during air assault demonstration training at Campbell Army Airfield aboard 120807-A-SG577-007.jpg 4,200 2,700; 4.67 MB. {NOTE: I am relatively certain but It departed April 12, 1965 aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and arrived at Soc Trang, Republic of South Vietnam on May 1,1965. I served as a trauma surgeon at the 85th Evac in Phu Bai. Classified Not for public release to the general public It was expected that the 101st would operate exactly the way the 1st become very attuned to the activation and closure schedule of the departure Nobody wanted to be the last guy to die in Vietnam, and then it happened to two guys that we knew. 4th armored division ww2 roster 4th armored division ww2 roster He deployed to RVN with the Blackwidows when They may have been able to however, it would have taken much longer. United States Army Center of Military History. Thanks for the info brother. 478th Avn Co (Heavy Helicopter) was attached to the 159th ASHB until April 1971. Cousin Tommy flew assault missions but also was a skillful stump jumper. of this web site and its contributors. It,s GreatI was in F troop 8th air cavalryanyone else there? to A/101 as Service Platoon Commander. 478 Avn Co (Cranes CH-54) Hurricanes. They were in Phu Bi in 1969. 1st Bde Hdqtrs (LOH and Huey) Deadbone When the ADC and all of the The jungle canopy obscured enemy movements. ARMY 1970 IIFF-V CAMBODIA PART 1 . This is a Shot of a CH-47 from A Company 159th Avn Bn, note the red . There was item, otherwise if you are the author or photographer and do not want it 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander, CSM Latevia M. Williams-Green Crozier was still in command. See: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_F_Oreffice, Over fifty-four thousand gallons of Agent Orange had been sprayed by fixed-wing aircraft over a small area in Vietnam, near the South China Sea, and halfway in-between Hue and Da Nang called Phu Bai. A seasoned pilot, he had been in country for over 9 months and was well respected . When the requirements for aircraft were submitted, every G4 to let us manage our flying hours and in return we would support division The colors (unit flag) for the 18 th CAC were folded and transferred to Ft. Bragg, NC. 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Entirely different aircraft by an entirely different organization(s). . Avn Bn. From my August 20, 2017 comment: I served as a trauma surgeon at the 85th Evac in Phu Bai. Its believed that the Huey and Cobra have more combat flight time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare assuming you count actual hostile fire exposure versus battle area exposure. An AH-64E Apache helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, flies into Stefanovikeio Airfield, Greece, Nov. 10, 2020. My small hometown area lost 47 young warriors to Nam, among them several rotary aviators. Lt. "Wild Bill" Meacham was a former enlisted man turned UH-1 pilot assigned to Bravo Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, an assault helicopter company whose liftships were called the Kingsmen. Rest peacefully with your brothers, our forever young hometown warriors How do I know this, I served in HMM 163 as a Crew Cheif. Sara Panczyk University of Indianapolis, And a Rhonda: http://www.guskappler.com. Please fix. photos and written material on this web site may not be published or used CPT Thanks Larry! Thank y ou so much for the information, Gus. So true, my brother! six aircraft to inspect for damage. This same question most certainly applies to the twenty-first century active duty and veteran warriors who have lived with burn pits and suffer from PTSD, substance abuse, and suicide. used on This Web Page are drawn from sources all over the WWW, including FTP I was in VN Mar68-Aug 69 as a photographer with the 40th Public Information Office, 199th Infantry, then transferred to 12th PIO 1st Aviation brigade. In your organizations chart, under the 101st Airborne Division, A Troop (Assault), B Troop (Banshee) and C Troop (Condor), of the 2d Squadron/17 Cav, as well as A Battery, 377th Arty should be added. There was a Lt Col battalion commander with only We flew everything and at times emptied the door guns before reaching the end me will be removed. I was assigned to the 18th CAC and was the OIC of the recovery of the CH-47 Chinook that was shot down on 31 October 1972 by a Russian made SA-7 missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K32_Strela-2, http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?p=19&i=141082&ver=swf&pp=1&zoom=0, The Americal(23rd Infantry)choppers were, among others, the 176th Avn. Road Runner - 120th Aviation Company - Air Assault / Lift. It continued circling the length of the ship, running out of fuel, looking for a place to land, losing altitude with every pass, he said. What about those Ghostriders? where he joined A Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, the Comancheros. The Vietnam War officially ended in 1975. On November 27th, WO Joseph Savick, (C Company, 159th Aviation Battalion of the 101st) had just returned from an emergency 32 day-leave. Hi.welcome to my new Ebay account. I understand that the causation of my CLL was beyond my control. I think it would be a healing thing for the whole nation.. 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment "Eagle Assault" era, Comancheros A 4/101 AVN Reg-(1987-2014) I was there August 1967 to August 1968. instructor pilot, thanks to the mobile training team at Vung Tau. At 0800 hrs. Also specifically remember Thanks to all . lift, authorized by their TOE, a piece of equipment need but not available for percent of the assigned aircraft on any given day, we convinced the division https://rotary6380.org/Search/panc. I believe that the bulk companies of the 159th, caused gross over utilization on the 101st In 2004, the 9th Battalion (Support) was redesigned as the 563rd Aviation Support Battalion and was deployed in 2005 to Iraq. KIA 4/23/71, recovered AM, PH The other pilot, Cpt Louis Speidel, was severely injured, eventually rescued but died a month later from his injuries. Larry R. 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