unit history information
for A/7/17 CAV
For date 700412
A/7/17 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Incident reference: 70041230.KIA This information is available on CD-ROM.
Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, southeast of Dak To
A/7/17 CAV losses were 1 KIA, 1 MIA
Aircraft lost in A/7/17 CAV were 1 OH-6A
Description: A/7/17th Cav reported their Scouts were in the process of reconning an infiltration route just southeast of Hill 763. Early in the mission, a Scout ship was shot down and his wingman received numerous hits in the aircraft. The nature of heavy fighting, terrain, and other forces in the area would not permit further search for the downed crew. The Scout ships were driven away because of a very heavy NVA uprising. Note: the pilot was CPT Gus Robinson and the observer was SP4 Robert E. Tabb. Tabb was captured by the NVA and released in 1973.
Comments: CPT Robinson, Gus Blakely; pilot; KIAOF;
SP4 Tabb, Robert Ernest; observe; POW;
The source for this information was A/7/17 history by WO1 Charles E. Smith III
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