unit history information
for 155 AHC
23 ARVN DIV

For date 670504


155 AHC was a US Army unit
23 ARVN DIV was a Vietnamese Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Lam Dong Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Bao Loc
Description: The 155th Aviation Company unit history states they inserted a reinforced battalion of the 23d ARVN Training Division with artillery into two LZ northwest of Bao Loc. A heavy team of FALCON guns were credited with 25 confirmed enemy kills and the destruction of 40 enemy bunkers. Later during the lift, one company aircraft crashed on touchdown to a sloping area. The aircraft was totally destroyed and five passengers died as a result of wounds sustained in the accident. None of the crew members were injured.

The source for this information was 1967 Unit History of the 155th AVN by SP4 Hunter


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