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The 17th Cavalry Regiment is a historical organization within the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry after the Pancho Villa Expedition.The unit was constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas [1] and originally inactivated 26 September 1921 at the Presidio of Monterey, California.
In 1972 B Troop, 7/17th Air Cavalry was redesignated H Troop, 17th Cavalry Regiment. At 02:30 on 26 January 1968 the camp was attacked by mortar fire and sappers from two companies of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 408th Sapper Battalion resulting in five UH-1 helicopters and one ammunition storage area destroyed.
Vietnam War: Lane Army Airfield. IATA: ... 10th Cavalry Regiment (April 1972-February 1973) [3] 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (1971-2) [2]
The 17th Aviation Brigade was a military formation of the United States Army.It was originally activated at Nha Trang, Vietnam, as the 17th Aviation Group (Combat) on 15 December 1965 under the 1st Aviation Brigade.
2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, A Shau Valley: Gunner on an OH-6A hit by an RPG while on a hunter-killer mission. The accompanying UH-1C gunships saw no-one escape the burning wreckage [243] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 28: Urquhart, Paul D: Captain: US Army: 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam ...
7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry (February–June 1968) [2]: 125 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry (October 1967-April 1972) [2]: 133 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (July 1970-March 1971) [2]: 130 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry [3] Headquarters Troop; Alpha Troop; Charlie Troop; The airfield was capable of accommodating C-7 Caribou and C-123 aircraft. [1]
7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, Quảng Tín Province: Gunner on UH-1C gunship #66-00745 hit by enemy fire, crashed and burned. SAR forces recovered the burnt remains of three crewmen only one of whom could be identified. [13] Presumptive finding of death [3] until 8 June 2015 when he was accounted for [14] January 9: Phipps ...
Patterson joined the United States Army from Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1966, and by May 6, 1968, was serving as a specialist four in Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. During a firefight on that day, near La Chu, Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam, during the May Offensive, Patterson single-handedly destroyed a series of enemy ...