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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon of 15 June 1972, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board. It remains the deadliest aviation incident involving a Convair CV-880.
The camp was located 41 km northwest of Pleiku and near to the Cambodian border. [2] Special Forces Detachment A-214 (later redesignated A-251) took over the camp in August 1965. On 14 October 1966 the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked reconnaissance patrols out of Plei Djereng. [3]
Kỳ announced that Republic of Vietnam Navy boats were blockading the Cambodian coastline to prevent the PAVN/VC from being resupplied by sea. [3]: 339 Lair announced that Vietnamization was progressing so well that U.S. forces would cease to be involved in combat by the end of June 1971. [3]: 339 15 May
5 September 1970 - 8 October 1971. Operation Jefferson Glenn was the last major ground operation in which U.S. troops participated in the Vietnam War. Three battalions of the 101st Airborne Division patrolled the area west of the city of Huế, called the "rocket belt", to try to prevent PAVN/VC rocket attacks. The Americans were gradually ...
Pages in category "1971 in Vietnam" ... List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1970–71) V. Vietnamization; W.
Naval Operations in Vietnam; Access to primarily Marine Corps, and some Army, Navy and Air Force operational reports at Texas Tech Universities Virtual Vietnam Archives; The short film ACTIVITIES OF THE 3/17 AIR CAVALRY (1970) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period from 1969–1971. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War. By October 2022, 1,582 Americans remained unaccounted for, of which 1,004 were classified as further pursuit, 488 as non-recoverable and 90 as deferred. [1]
South Vietnam June 4, 1971 – June 5, 1971: Risked his life by attacking a wave of enemy forces alone to allow the rest of his platoon to escape Raymond M. Clausen Jr. Marine Corps: Private First Class: South Vietnam January 31, 1970: Risked his life to rescue several Marines and corpsman from a minefield Ronald L. Coker † Marine Corps