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Histories for 228th Aviation Battalion




19 Aug SFC Anthony F. Housh [FE] Apr 19,1968 (Rodney Brewer)
SFC Anthony F. Housh [FE] SFC Michael J. Wallace [CE] 3 injured B/228 AVN #66-19063 Hit by 50 cal and 37 mm ground fire on its approach to the LZ Tiger. Quang Tri Province
19 Aug WO1 John L. Fortner [AC] Mar 2, 1970 (Rodney Brewer)
C/228 ASHC #66-19106 A/C had been hauling 14 to 15,000 lbs sling loads. A/C went inverted and crashed near Quan Loi of possible hydraulic failure Vietnam WO1 John L. Fortner [AC] WO1 Terrance W. Anderson [CP] SP4 George A. Bamford [CE] SP4 Keith H. Reitz... More
19 Aug SP5 Walter Bartasch [FE] 05 OCT 69 (Rodney Brewer)
C/228 ASHB #67-18472 A/C was flying in the vicinity of Nui Ba Din when they received one .50 caliber round striking the FE.Tay Ninh Province
19 Aug CW3 Dean R. Lange [AC] Sep 3,1969 (Rodney Brewer)
C/228 AVN #67-18473 While hovering to extract ARVNs, died instantly when the warhead of an unexploded B-40 rocket passed through his upper body Phuoc Long Province
19 Aug SP5 Bolen P. McGee [FE] Apr 25,1968 (Rodney Brewer)
SP5 Bolen P. McGee [FE] CPL Linden D. Eiler Jr [G] PFC Kenneth H. Delp [G] SP4 Joseph Burkes [CX] PFC Ronald J. Campbell [CX] PFC Jerry D. McManus [CX] 3 injured C/228 ASHB #66-19080 A/C was sent out for a sling recovery of a downed UH-1. The... More
19 Aug SP4 M. Raymond Reeves [G] Mar 3,1968 (Rodney Brewer)
C/228 ASHB #66-19080 Killed by SA fire. Quang Tri Province
19 Aug SP4 William H. Campbell III [FE] Dec 26,1967 (Rodney Brewer)
SP4 William H. Campbell III [FE] CPT Michael E. Berdy SSG Allen Ford SP4 Barry S. Kyle 1LT Daryl L. Ligons CPL James L. Russ Jr 1LT Thomas M. Van Zandt SGT Stephen M. Vuga 25 injured C/228 CAV #66-19006 The aft rotor assembly left the A/C while terminating an approach for landing... More
19 Aug CW2 Billy J. Waymire [P] Nov 18, 1966 (Rodney Brewer)
CW2 Billy J. Waymire [P] CW2 James W. Leach [CP] PFC Michael G. Isely [CE] SP4 Carl Brown [G] SP5 Raymond E. Smoot [G] C/228 ASHB #63-07910 Transmission failure and crash with piggy backed 105 mm. A/C came apart in flight due to losing a bolt that... More
19 Aug CW2 Frank Roop [AC] Jan 29, 1966 (Rodney Brewer)
CW2 Frank Roop [AC] CPT William R. Hardin [P] SP5 Claude T. Turner [FE] SP6 Charles J. Bair [CE] SP4 Richard E. Arnold [G] B/228 ASHB #63-07913 The forward transmission froze inflight about 5 miles north of Phu Cat while they had a slingload of JP-4... More
19 Aug MAJ Taylor D. Johnson [P] Jan 28, 1966 (Rodney Brewer)
B/228 ASHB Hit in the head by small arms fire while on resupply mission for 1 CAV units in the mountains west of Bong Son during operation Masher Vietnam



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