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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 ...
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.
DASPO cameraman PFC Burt Peterson films a member of the 4th Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, during the assault on Hill 875, November 1967. The Pacific Detachment, nicknamed "Team Charlie" by its members, was the most active of the DASPO sections due to its coverage of Vietnam War combat operations. [6] [9] It was based in Fort Schafter in ...
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation: Long Khánh Province: May 1 – 8: Operation Lismore [1] [5] 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation: Phước Tuy Province: May 2 – 3: Operation Hop Tac XVI [1] 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Dinh Tuong Province: May 3 – 7: Operation Gulf [1]
US intelligence estimated between 1,200 and 1,600 PAVN troops were killed, and 362 members of the US 4th Infantry Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and ARVN Airborne elements were killed in action, but three of the four battalions of the 4th Infantry and the entire 173rd were rendered combat-ineffective during the battle.
173rd Airborne Brigade operation: Bình Định Province: Jan 1 – Apr 31: Operation Keystone Robin (Charlie) [1] Redeployment of the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from South Vietnam to the United States: Jan 4 – 21: Operation Golden Dragon II [2] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade clear and ...