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On This Day in APRIL

April 1st ,
1968, ----- hours: Tuy Hoa - Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 5.

1970, 0620 hours: Biên Hòa - 5 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

1970, 0935 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 2nd ,
1968, 0301 hours: Pleiku - 21 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 3rd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 4th ,
1970, 0005 hours: Biên Hòa - 2 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 0500 hours: Phu Cat - Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0. VC/NVA KIA 1, WIA 0.

1971, 0612 hours: Pleiku - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 5th ,
1968, 2217 hours: Biên Hòa - 12 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 14. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0,

1968, Base Unknown
USAF LOD 1: Faircloth, Larry R. SSgt, Non Hostile: Illness/Disease

1970, 1513 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 0202 hours: Đà Nẵng - 3 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0,

April 6th ,
1970, 1621 hours: Bình Thủy - 11 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 2. RVN KIA 1, WIA 4. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 7th ,
1967, 0140 hours: Pleiku - 32 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1967, 2325 hours: Phan Rang - 6 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0108 hours: Biên Hòa - 4 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 8th ,
1970, 0225 hours: Đà Nẵng - 4 Rounds.
USAF KIA 2, WIA 8. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1970, 0227 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 4 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 9th ,
1968, 2107 hours: Bình Thủy - 30 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 1020 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 0054 hours: Đà Nẵng - 1 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0001 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - Sappers.8
USAF 483d SPS Neptune Security boat apprehends 2 in sampan.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 6: USArmy KIA 4, WIA 20. RVN KIA --, WIA --. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0,
VC/NVA KIA 1 POW 3.

1972, 1920 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - Sniper.
Yellow Alert.8
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1: Brozek, Frank M. A1C, 483rd Security Police Squadron.
RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0,

April 10th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 11th ,
1968, Don Muang
USAF LOD 1: Bryant, Charles E. SSgt, 631st Security Police Squadron
Non-Hostile: Drowned, Chao Phya River

April 12th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 13th ,
1966, 0027 hours: Tan Son Nhut - 243 Rounds
82mm Mortars and Recoiless Rifle shells.
USAF KIA 7, WIA 111, RVN KIA 2, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 2, Damaged 62.

1966, 0210 hours: Pleiku - 79 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 5, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 11.

1968, 2250 hours: Bình Thủy - 35 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0128 hours: Phan Rang - 13 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0227 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 7 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0132 hours: Đà Nẵng - 24 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 10. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 9.

April 14th ,
1969, Đà Nẵng
USAF LOD 1: Adams, Royce Horace TSgt 366th Security Police Squadron.
Non-Hostile: SP Vehicle rollover

1970, Tan Son Nhut
USAF LOD 1: McDonald, Ronald I. A1C, 377th Security Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Illness/Disease

1972, 2055 hours: Tan Son Nhut - 4 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 15th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 16th ,
1969, 0227 hours: Phu Cat - Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. RVN KIA 0, WIA 1. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0. VC/NVA KIA 1, POW 0.

1971, 2120 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0116 hours: Đà Nẵng - 20 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 8. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

April 17th ,
1969, 0016 hours: Đà Nẵng - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 1, WIA 4. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 18th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 19th ,
1970, 1023 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 20th ,
1969, 2308 hours: Đà Nẵng - 3 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

1970, 0657 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Round.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 21st ,
1969, 0531 hours: Nha Trang - 6 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss: 0, Damaged 4.

1969, 2358 hours: Phan Rang - 5 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, Tan Son Nhut,
USAF LOD 1: Porovich, Steve SMSgt, 377th Security Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Heart Attack

April 22nd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 23rd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 24th ,
1969, 0114 hours: Đà Nẵng - 2 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0149 hours: Đà Nẵng - 13 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 9. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 25th ,
1969, 0545 hours: Pleiku - 1 Round.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss: 0, Damaged 1.

1969, 2330 hours: Phan Rang - 10 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 2335 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, Phan Rang,
USAF LOD 1: Nix, John David Sgt, 35th Security Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Jeep Crash

1972, 2300 hours: Đà Nẵng - 6 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 2. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 26th ,
1971, 0300 hours: Đà Nẵng - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 27th ,
1967, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand,
USAF LOD 1: Deuster, William J. Jr., A3C, 825th CDS/SPS,
Non Hostile Casualty: Crushed between Vehicles (Gate Duty)

1971, 0207 hours: Đà Nàng - 5 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 0535 hours: Bình Thủy - 1 Round.
USAF KIA 0, WIA. RVN KIA 0, WIA 1. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

April 28th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 29th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

April 30th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.


LEGEND
AP Air Police
SP Security Police
USAF United States Air Force
RVN Republic Vietnam (South Vietnamese)
KIA Killed In Action
LOD Line Of Duty Death
NVA North Vietnamese Army
POW Prisoner of War
Aircraft Loss, Aircraft Damaged = US & RVN combined
REFERENCES
1 Vietnam Security Police Association: Unit Histories, Guardmount Publication, Oral History
2 Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam, 1961-1973, Office of Air Force History,  United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1979
3 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966-31 March 1967, Page 71.
4 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966-31 March 1967, Page 71.
5 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966-31 March 1967, Page 72.
6 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966-31 March 1967, Page 74.
7 Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam, 1961-1973, Office of Air Force History,
   United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1979, Roger P. Fox, Lt. Col. USAF retired, Page-231.
8 Daily Staff Journal or Duty Officer's Log DA Form 1594 for the date 09 April 1972, JDOC USASUPCOM, CRB,
   Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, RVN, APO 96312, CPO062155, signed by M. Rollinson (?) for Francisco G. Tordillos, CPT. Copy
   received from the National Archives. Record Group 472. Joint Defense Operations Center, and Daily Logs.
9 Snakes in the Eagles Nest. A History of Ground Attacks on Air Bases, Project Air Force, Rand, 1995, Alan Vick, Page-89.

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