Vietnam War Calendar: 365 Days, Totals and Stats. 1965.

On This Day in March

March --- ,
1967, ---- hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base. Automatic weapons fire toward base and trip flares activated.6
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 1st ,
1968, 0145 hours: Pleiku - 11 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1968, 0503 hours: Tan Son Nhut - 16 Rounds 122mm.
USAF KIA 9, USAF WIA 151, RVN KIA 0, WIA 11, Aircraft Loss 7, Damaged 75.

1969, Qui Nhơn,
USAF LOD 1:
England, James C., Sgt, 635th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Gunshot

March 2nd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 3rd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 4th ,
1968, 1558 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, USAF WIA 6, RVN KIA 1, WIA 2, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1968, 0200 hours: Biên Hòa - 20 Rounds/Rockets.

1971, 0443 hours: Đà Nàng - 10 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 2, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

March 5th ,
1968, 0053 hours: Bình Thủy - 110 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

1968, 2148 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 27 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 2, Damaged 7.

March 6th ,
1968, 0210 hours: Tuy Hoa - 4 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1968, 0250 hours: Pleiku - 1 Round.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1970, Phu Cat,
USAF LOD 1:
Park, Irving Geon, Sgt, 37th Security Police Squadron, K-9. Non-Hostile: Gunshot.

1970, Phu Cat,
USAF LOD 1:
Galloway, Melvin R., Amn., 388th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Self-destruction

1971, Đà Nàng,
USAF LOD 1:
Hicks, James Russell., SSgt, 366th Security Police Squadron,
Non-Hostile: Accidental Homicide (Gunshot)

1972, 0155 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 3, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

March 7th ,
1968, 0105 hours: Phan Rang - 10 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 0252 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 8 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 0629 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 8th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 9th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 10th ,
1968, 0052 hours: Pleiku - 7 Round.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 3.
VC/NVA KIA: 2, WIA 0.

1973, (Base unknown),
USAF LOD 1:
Carr, Rodney G., SSgt 804th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Vehicle Crash.

1973, U-Tapao RTAFB
USAF LOD 1:
McFadden, Samuel L., Sgt 645th Security Police Squadron,
Non-Hostile: Drowned, U-Tapao Beach, Gulf of Tonkin.

March 11th ,
1968, Korat RTAFB,
USAF LOD 1:
Francis, James E., 388th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Explosive Device.

1968, Tan Son Nhut,
USAF LOD 1:
Piner, John Robert, Sgt, 377th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Illness/Disease.

March 12th ,
1968, 2250 hours: Biên Hòa - 7 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1970, 0318 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 4 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 13th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 14th ,
1968, 0116 hours: Bình Thủy - 29 Rounds. (See 03-25-68: Bình Thủy).

1968, 0318 hours: Bình Thủy - 25 Rounds. (See 03-25-68: Bình Thủy).

1970, 2125 hours: Phan Rang - 7 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 15th ,
1967, 0200 hours: Đà Nàng - 10 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 7.

1969, 0117 hours: Phan Rang - 34 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 2, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1969, 0554 hours: Phan Rang - 7 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 16th ,
1969, 1904 hours: Phan Rang - 5 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1971, 0610 hours: Biên Hòa - 5 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 2, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

March 17th ,
1968, 0254 hours: Bình Thủy - 65 Rounds. (See 03-25-68: Bình Thủy).

March 18th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 19th ,
1969, 0235 hours: Phan Rang - 36 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 1925 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 3 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 20th ,
1971, 0031 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 5 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

March 21st ,
1968, 0117 hours: Tan Son Nhut - 10 Rounds 75mm recoilless rifle.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 2, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 7.

1969, 0055 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 7 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0154 hours: Đà Nàng - 5 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0624 hours: Phu Cat- 3 Rounds. USAF KIA 0, WIA 6, RVN KIA 0, WIA 1, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1969, 0254 hours: Phan Rang - 25 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 22nd ,
1968, 0035 hours: Bình Thủy - 36 Rounds. (See 03-25-68: Bình Thủy).

1968, 0138 hours: Biên Hòa - 9 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 12, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 5.

March 23rd ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 24th ,
1969, 0234 hours: Phan Rang - 41 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0530 hours: Đà Nàng - 14 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 1, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

March 25th ,
1968, 0503 hours: Bình Thủy - 85 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 7, Aircraft Loss 3, Damaged 29.

March 26th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 27th ,
1967, 0006 hours: Bình Thủy - 35 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

1969, 2229 hours: Pleiku - 1 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 28th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 29th ,
1969, 0220 hours: Biên Hòa - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1969, Qui Nhơn,
USAF LOD 1: Gray, George Christian, SMSgt, 37th Security Police Squadron, Non-Hostile: Heart Attack.

1971, 0157 hours: Đà Nàng - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

1971, 0459 hours: Đà Nàng - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

March 30th ,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

March 31st ,
1969, 2347 hours: Biên Hòa - 2 Rounds. USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 0, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1971, 0245 hours: Pleiku - 12 Rounds, Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0, RVN KIA 0, WIA 4, Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 15.

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
Rounds	Mortars or Rockets
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, Pg 71.
4 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966--31 March 1967, Pg 71.
5 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966--31 March 1967, Pg 71.
6 USAF Quarterly Report, 35th Air Base Wing, Chapter III, 35th Air Police Squadron, 1 November 1966--31 March 1967, Pg 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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