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South Vietnam North Vietnam Viet Cong: Commanders and leaders; H.S. Cunningham: Units involved; 173rd Airborne Brigade 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment 2nd Division 22nd Division Regional Force Popular Force: 3rd Division: Casualties and losses; 227 killed: US body count: 1,957 killed
The 173rd Airborne Brigade serves as the conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. [6] It was a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army's V Corps and after June 2013, subordinate to US Army Europe. The 173rd Airborne Brigade currently consists of 3,300 paratroopers [7] in six subordinate battalions as well as a headquarters company: [8]
101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment, 1st Division clear and search operation: Thừa Thiên Province: 317: 61 Mar 4 – 25: Operation Darby Crest II [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry clear and search: Bình Định Province: Mar 6: Operation Stingray I [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade clear and search ...
On November 8th 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on "Operation Hump", war zone "D" in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 VC. Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day. Severely wounded and risking his own life, Lawrence Joel, a medic, was the first living black man since the Spanish–American War to receive the United States ...
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was based at Tuy Hòa from October–November 1967. [2]: 158 Other units stationed at Tuy Hòa/Phú Hiệp included: 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (December 1970-January 1972) [2]: 145 91st Evacuation Hospital (December 1966-July 1969) [2]: 216 203rd Reconnaissance Airplane Company (October 1967-July 1970)
Following the conclusion of Operation Patrick on 30 March 1968 when the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, moved to the Central Highlands to rejoin its parent division. I Field Force, Vietnam commander General William R. Peers redeployed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, as well as its headquarters from Kontum Province to the coastal plain.
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Mar 17 – Jan 31 1969: Operation Walker [1] 3rd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment search and destroy and security operation: vicinity of An Khê, Pleiku Province ...
South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Killed by enemy fire as the NVA overran his bunker position on OP2 [215] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 12: Widdison, Imlay S: Specialist: US Army: 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment: Battle of Kham Duc: South Vietnam, Khâm Đức: Killed by enemy fire as the NVA overran his bunker position on OP2 [216]