unit history information
for 155 AHC
For date 661028
155 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Kontum
Description: The 155th Aviation Company unit history states that while in support of operations near Kontum in late October, the 155th was involved in a rescue of an Air Force pilot shot down in hostile territory. 1LT Richard N. Silva and WO Stephen B. Birchall were dispatched in a UH-1D with two gunships in escort to make the dangerous pickup of the uninjuried pilot in near darkness. The rescue story made the Pacific Stars and Stripes and all participants were awarded distinguished combat aerial decorations.
Comments: 1LT Silva, Richard N.; AC; award;
WO1 Birchall, Stephen B.; P; award;
The source for this information was STAGECOACH, History of the 155th AVN by 1LT Heydenberk & WO Coke
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