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The regiment was reorganized in August 1963 as the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 5th Cavalry Regiment and later as the 3rd Squadron, 5th Armored Cavalry. The units arrived at Fort Benning in 1965, and then proceeded to South Vietnam as air and armored cavalry. The 1st Cavalry Division was the first full division committed to the Vietnam War.
The Battle of Binh An took place on 27–28 June 1968 in Quảng Trị province during the Vietnam War.The US 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment and Troop D, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment defeated the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) K14 Battalion, 812th Regiment, 324th Division.
9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security and escort operations: Long Khánh District: Apr 21 – 25: Operation Grand [1] 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Apr 21 – May 17: Operation Union I/Operation Lien Ket 102 [1] [9]: 52
In the Battle of Tam Kỳ the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment engaged the PAVN 3rd Regiment, 3rd Division The battle resulted in 436 PAVN killed. [26]: 484 4 March. A USAF C-123 was shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire near Khe Sanh killing all 44 persons on board. [62]
3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, Quảng Trị Province: Rifleman on a UH-1H #69-16717 hit by anti-aircraft fire on a search and rescue mission, crashed and was seen to explode [4] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 4: Cooper, Daniel D: Lieutenant: US Navy: VA-22, USS Coral Sea: South Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin
3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, Quang Tri Province: Copilot of AH-1G #66-15340 that crashed into a mountain-side in low cloud, the helicopter exploded and caught fire. SAR forces recovered the remains of the pilot W1 Carl M. Wood [172] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 8: Stewart, Paul C: Chief Warrant Officer ...
The villagers met elements of the South Vietnamese 5th Marine Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, 18th Division and the 3rd Squadron, 5th Armored Cavalry moving on the road less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Thai Hiep in response to the contact at the air base. The villagers told the ARVN forces how they were driven out of ...
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron (Vietnamese: Thiết Đoàn 3 Thiết giáp) a battalion-sized unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the South Vietnamese army. It was part of II Corps that oversaw the twelve provinces of the central highlands ; corps headquarters being in the mountain town of Pleiku .