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The battle of Hill 875 had cost 2/503rd 87 killed, 130 wounded, and three missing. 4/503rd suffered 28 killed 123 wounded, and four missing. [2]: 323 Combined with noncombatant losses, this represented one-fifth of the 173rd Airborne Brigade's total strength. [18]
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]
On 20 June, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment discovered the bodies of a Special Forces CIDG unit that had been missing for four days on Hill 1338 (), the dominant hill mass south of Dak To. With mortar fire and ambushes ongoing around the Dak To base camp, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, a highly-mobile team intended to rapidly ...
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 4 – 9: Operation Lincoln (I Corps) [1] 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jan 5 – 7: Operation Niagara Falls [8]: 26–30 1st Infantry Division operation to place a blocking force for Operation Cedar Falls
Charles Joseph Watters (January 17, 1927 – November 19, 1967) was a chaplain in the United States Army and Roman Catholic priest. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery exhibited while rescuing wounded men in the Vietnam War's Battle of Dak To.
Four Vietnam war veterans from the 173rd Airborne Brigade reunited Thursday, more than four decades after an explosion nearly killed one of them. KTLA captured the emotional reunion. "A band of ...
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 operation: Bình Định Province: Mar 10 – Apr 8: Operation Federal Overlander [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force: east of Long ...
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade and ARVN 45th Regiment operation: Quang Duc Province and Phước Long Province: 101: 9 May 2 – 12: Operation Lihue [1] 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division security operation on Route 22: between Cu Chi and Tây Ninh: May 3 – 15: Operation Lewis and Clark [1] 2/1 Cavalry ...