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On This Day in July

July -- ,
1972, ---- hours: Korat RTAFB. 21 man team & mortars infiltrate attempt aborted.9
388th Security Police Squadron.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.
VC/NVA KIA 0, POW 1.

July 1st ,
1965, 0130 hours: Đà Nàng - 6 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1: First Air Police KIA: Jensen, Terance Kay SSgt, 23rd ABG/AP Combat: gunshot; Silver Star
USAF WIA 3. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 6, Damaged 3.
VC/NVA KIA 0, POW 1.

July 2nd,
1970, 1020 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 3rd,
1967, ---- hours: Đông Hà Air Field - Rockets.
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USAF KIA 1, WIA --. RVN KIA --, WIA --. Aircraft Loss --, Damaged --.

July 4th,
1970, 0143 hours: th- 20 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 5th,
1967, Phan Rang,
USAF LOD 1:
Ford, Bernard Francis A1C, 35th Air Police Squadron Non Hostile: Accidental Homicide.

1971, 0015 hours: Đà Nàng - 5 Rounds.
USAF KIA 5, WIA 38. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

July 6th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 7th,
1970, 0043 hours: Bình Thủy - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

1973, NKP, Thailand,
USAF LOD 1:
Blakeney , Melvin Jason, Sgt, 56th Security Police Squadron Non-Hostile: Illness/Disease .

July 8th,
1966, 0010 hours: Bình Thủy - 40 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1:
Lehman, Millard Wesley A1C, 632 Air Police Squadron, Combat: mortars/recoilless rifle; Purple Heart
USAF WIA 5. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 4.

1969, 2351 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 12 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0145 hours: Đà Nàng - 12 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 0.

July 9th,
1969, 2351 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 6 Rounds; Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1970, 09160 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 10th,
1969, 0701 hours: Biên Hòa - 4 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 2040 hours: Bình Thủy - 1 Round. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 11th,
1967, NKP, Thailand,
USAF LOD 1:
Harden, Roosevelt, Jr. A3C, 56th Air Police Squadron. Non Hostile: Gunshot/Guard duty

1967, ---- hours: Phu Cat, -- Rounds.2
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1:
Glassman, Kenneth B., 37th Security Police Squadron.
RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

July 12th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 13th,
1972, 0345 hours: Đà Nàng - 16 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 0. RVN KIA 1, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

July 14th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 15th,
1967, 0020 hours: Đà Nàng - 83 Rounds.
USAF KIA 8, WIA 175. RVN KIA --, WIA --. Aircraft Loss 10, Damaged 50.

1969, 1543 hours: Phan Rang - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, Phan Rang,
USAF LOD 1:
Orsua , Charles David A1C, 35th Security Police Squadron, K-9. Non-Hostile: K-9 Truck rollover.

July 16th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 17th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 18th,
1967, Pleiku,
USAF LOD 1:
Pascoe, Robert Edward A1C, 633d Air Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Accidental Grenade/Armory Explosion.

July 19th,
1969, 2325 hours: Phan Rang - 11 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 20th,
1969, 0614 hours: Biên Hòa - 29 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0649 hours: Biên Hòa - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 21st,
1970, 0235 hours: Bình Thủy - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 0747 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Round.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

July 22nd,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 23rd,
1968, 0204 hours: Đà Nàng - 16 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.
VC/NVA KIA 2, POW 0.

1968, 0602 hours: Đà Nàng - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 24th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 25th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 26th,
1968, 2245 hours: Udorn RTAFB - 25 Sappers, Automatic weapons.9
8th Security Police Squadron: USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 3.
VC/NVA KIA 2 POW 0

July 27th,
1968, 0245 hours: Đà Nàng - 6 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 5. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 4.

1971, 2325 hours: Phan Rang - 7 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

July 28th,
1969, 0130 hours: Ubon RTAFB - 25 Sappers, Automatic weapons.9
8th Security Police Squadron: USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. USAF K-9 WIA 1. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

July 29th,
1968, 0137 hours: Tuy Hoa - Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 4. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 2, Damaged 7.
VC/NVA KIA 9, POW 1.

July 30th,
1972, Saigon,
USAF LOD 1:
Slaughter, Freddie L. Jr. A1C, 93rd Security Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Drowned.

July 31st,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

 
 

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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.
10 Terry Sandman, VSPA

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