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On This Day in November

November 1st ,
1964, 0026 hours: Biên Hòa - 70 Rounds. (First VC attack on a major Air Base)
USAF KIA 4 WIA 30. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 7, Damaged 18.

November 2nd,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 3rd,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 4th,
1969, 0810 hours: Phan Rang - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 1208 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 5th,
1967, 2240 hours: Biên Hòa - 15 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0 WIA 2. RVN KIA --, WIA --. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 6th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 7th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 8th,
1970, 1014 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 9th,
1969, 1545 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 1308 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 10th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 11th,
1968, 0225 hours: Bình Thủy - 16 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1968, 2217 hours: Bình Thủy - 40 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 3. Aircraft Loss 2, Damaged 21.

November 12th,
1972, 0300 hours: Biên Hòa - Mortars/Rockets.
(See 0515 hours).

1972, 0515 hours: Biên Hòa - 21 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 8. RVN KIA 0, WIA 10. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 3.

November 13th,
1966, ----hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base: Attempt Penetration.3

483d SPS fired upon by individual who set off trip flare.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 14th,
1969, 0159 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 8 Rounds.
USAF KIA 1, WIA 1: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 1.

November 15th,
1969: Pleiku - 5 Rounds of 122mm Rockets.
Damage unknown.

1971, 0001 hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base - 4 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 16th,
1969, 0604 hours: Pleiku - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1969, 0815 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Round. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 17th,
1966, ----hours: Cam Ranh Bay Air Base: Attempt Penetration.4
483d SPS fired upon and returned by individual.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0: RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

1970, 0518 hours: Biên Hòa - 28 Rounds.
USAF KIA 3 WIA 23. RVN KIA 2, WIA 11. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 18th,
1968, Udorn RTAFB,
USAF LOD 1:
Webb, Robert C. MSgt, 432 Security Police Squadron. Non-Hostile: Illness/Disease.

1968, ---- hours: Phan Rang - Sappers.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 19th,
1972, 0120 hours: Đà Nàng - 9 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 0. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 2.

1968, Pleiku,
USAF LOD 1:
Peterson , Rufus G. Jr. A1C, 633rd Security Police Squadron.
Non-Hostile: Drowned/Lake Suan Kaset Lingsun (ud).

November 20th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 21st,
1969, 0915 hours: Phan Rang - 1 Round.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 2338 hours: Pleiku - 5 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1972, 0111 hours: Đà Nàng - 4 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 22nd,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 23rd,
1970, 0703 hours: Pleiku - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 24th,
1970, 2340 hours: Pleiku - 17 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 25th,
1969, 0523 hours: Biên Hòa - 3 Rounds.
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1970, 0112 hours: Pleiku - 1 Round. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

1971, 0248 hours: Biên Hòa - 3 Rounds. No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 26th,
1967, 0010 hours: Nha Trang - 30 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 21. RVN KIA --, WIA --. Aircraft Loss 1, Damaged 3.

November 27th,
No Casualties or Damage Reported.

November 28th,
1968, Phan Rang (TDY),
USAF LOD 1:
Bestmann, Charles Edward Sgt, 821st CSPS. Non-Hostile: Truck vs. Pedestrian.

November 29th,
1970, 1058 hours: Phan Rang - 2 Rounds.
USAF KIA 0, WIA 1. RVN KIA 0, WIA 0. Aircraft Loss 0, Damaged 0.

November 30th,
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.

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