unit history information
for A/1 AVN
52 AL PLAT
117 AVN
119 AVN
For date 650507
A/1 AVN was a US Army unit
52 AL PLAT was a US Army unit
117 AVN was a US Army unit
119 AVN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Darlac Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Ban Me Thuot
Description: The A Company, 1st Aviation Battalion unit history states that aviators from the 52d Airlift Platoon, the 117th and the 119th Avn companies arrived at Ban Me Thuot for a personnel exchange with Company A to stagger dates of rotation. Of the Officers and Warrant Officers arriving in the original unit, only 14 remained with the company after the exchange. The exchange was made on a man for man basis with the various units of the 52d Aviation Battalion. Enlisted personnel of all A grades were also exchanged. As a result of the DEROS exchange, an intense training program was established in an effort to qualify the new aviators in the UH-1D. Platoon and company training in formation flying, eagle flights and company sized airmobile assaults were greatly emphasized. The history lists the 14 pilots that remained in the unit.
Comments: MAJ DeLoach, William W.; CO; ;
CPT Gilmer, Charles T.; ; ;
CPT Curry, Leon E.; ; ;
CPT DiBenedette, Anthony P.; ; ;
CPT Boswell, Leonard L.; ; ;
1LT Pledger, Edward T.; ; ;
1LT Elwell, Robert C.; ; ;
CWO Goldman, William H.; ; ;
CWO Mantooth, Glen W.; ; ;
CWO Cleary, William H.; ; ;
CWO Stallard, James D.; ; ;
CWO Millard, Charles W.; ; ;
CWO Fields, William J.; ; ;
CWO Sypniewski, Carl T.; ; ;
The source for this information was STAGECOACH, History of the 155th AML by CPT John A. Geurin
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