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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.
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. Later it moved to Tuy Hoa in November 1970 and then to Pleiku in January 1972.
Troop H, 10th Cavalry Regiment (April 1972-February 1973) [3] 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (1971-2) [2] 61st Aviation Company (November 1967-March 1972) [3]: 121 128th Assault Helicopter Company; 129th Assault Helicopter Company (October 1965-March 1973) [3]: 121 174th Assault Helicopter Company
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]
In April 1972, Troop H/10th Air Cavalry was formed (with assets from the disbanding Troop C, 7th Squadron-17th Cavalry Regiment) and placed under the 17th Aviation Group at Pleiku. The troop was located at Lane Army Airfield near An Son (14 km west of Qui Nhơn in Bình Định Province ).
Born on September 10, 1948, in Cumberland, Virginia, Langhorn was living in Brooklyn, New York, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968. [1] He served in Vietnam as a private first class and radio operator with Troop C, 7th Squadron (Airmobile), 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade.
1st Cavalry Division commander Major General George W. Casey and six others were killed when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in poor weather. [71] 8 July. At 11:30, elements of Troop A, 2/17th Cavalry attacked a 250 strong PAVN force from the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 9th Regiment 4 km southwest of Khe Sanh. The PAVN withdrew after eight ...