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MACV was created on 8 February 1962, in response to the increase in United States military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was implemented to assist and oversee the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Vietnam while the Viet Cong insurgency was under way. It was reorganized on 15 May 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam when the deployment of ...
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG, MACSOG, and MACV-SOG) was a top secret, joint unconventional warfare task force created on 24 January 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).
Pilot of UH-1H #68-15255 shot down while extracting members of MACV-SOG team RT Intruder. The helicopter crashed in flames. The helicopter crashed in flames. Another MACV-SOG team RT Habu rappelled into the crash site the following day and gathered the remains of the crew and passengers in body bags for extraction, but RT Habu was attacked by ...
SD-5891, HQ, MACV: South Vietnam, Vĩnh Bình province: Adviser to an ARVN unit captured in an ambush near Khanh Hung and died in 1967 of disease/malnutrition [42] Died in captivity, remains not returned [3] December 29: Bennett, Harold G: Corporal: US Army: BDQ Team TD-33, MACV Advisory Team 95: South Vietnam, Phước Tuy Province
Battle of Kham Duc: South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Killed by enemy mortar fire, his body was left behind during the evacuation [212] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 12: Sands, Richard E: Corporal: US Army: 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment: Battle of Kham Duc: South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Passenger on a CH-47 #67-18475, he was ...
Operations Directorate (J-3), HQ, MACV: Laos, Saravane Province: Observer on an OV-1A #63-1377 shot down on a visual reconnaissance mission. Both crewmen ejected successfully and their last radio transmissions said they were surrounded by enemy troops [82] Presumptive finding of death [3] April 7: Barnett, Robert R: Captain: USAF: 8th ...
Quang Duc and Phước Long Provinces: 63: 12 Jan 18 – Feb 13: Operation Coronado X [1] [6]: 196 MRF 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and US Navy Task Force 117 search and destroy operation: Ba Xuyen, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Phuoc Dinh and Vĩnh Long Provinces: 344: Jan 23 – 26: Operation Badger Catch
James Phillip Fleming (born March 12, 1943) is a former United States Air Force pilot who served in the Vietnam War.Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a six-man MACV-SOG reconnaissance team, stranded between heavily defended enemy positions, near Đức Cơ, Vietnam in 1968.