Army Reporter information
for 164 CAG
121 AHC
13 CAB
235 AWC
From date 681016 to 681022
164 CAG was a US Army unit
121 AHC was a US Army unit
13 CAB was a US Army unit
235 AWC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Vi Thanh
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 4 Nov 1968 issue which covered the Oct 16-22 period.
1st Avn Bde helicopter crews reported 86 enemy killed in light fighting during the week. Gunship crews from the 164th CAG reported killing 13 VC, destroying 43 fortifications and sinking 34 sampans as they operated in the Mekong Delta one day. Crews of the 121st AHC, 13th CAB reported killing one VC, sinking 20 sampans and destroying seven structures while supporting the 21st ARVN Div SE of Vi Thanh. Cobra gunships of the 235th AWC, 307th CAB reported the heaviest contact one day as being seven VC dead, sank 15 sampans and destroyed 18 fortifications in action centered near Vi Thanh. While operating in the southern section of the I Corps, the 174th AHC, 14th CAB has been credited with more than 30 killed in scattered action. In another action in the southern DMZ, a bird-dog aircraft from the 220th RAC, 212th CAB, came under automatic weapons fire as it circled over a bunker complex. Artillery fire was called in resulting in the destruction of four of the occupied bunkers, damage to a concrete bunker, several secondary fires and two large secondary explosions.
The source for this information was 6811AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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