Army Reporter information
for 335 AWC
307 CAB
114 AHC
175 AHC
For date 680803
335 AWC was a US Army unit
307 CAB was a US Army unit
114 AHC was a US Army unit
175 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Sa Dec Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Sa Dec
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 3 Aug 1968 issue.
Airmen of the 1st Avn Bde reported killing 180 enemy during the week. The 335th AWC, 307th CAB encountered heavy contact with the enemy while supporting the 21st ARVN Div. The door gunners and Cobras killed 34 enemy, which was confirmed by the infantrymen. They also sank 29 sampans, some of which were 30 to 40 feet long, and destroyed 11 enemy structures. Two secondary explosions with flames shooting 200 feet into the air were observed when the sampans were hit. Helicopter crews from the 114th and 175th AHCs, 13th CAB killed 32 enemy while supporting ARVN forces and Regional Forces in an operation 18 miles NW of Sa Dec. Cobra gunship crews from the 114th caught a group of VC in an open area. The enemy soldiers were taken under fire and 30 of the battalion's 32 kills were recorded. Door gunners from the 175th reported two additional enemy killed in the same area.
The source for this information was 6808AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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