On 24 and 31 January the base was hit by mm rockets and mortar fire causing minimal damage. In the Quang Tri ASRT was operational for 1, hours controlling sorties of aircraft and responsible for the employment of 1, On 23 April , the base was the scene of one of the first reported Fragging incidents of the war when 1LT Robert T.
Rohweller of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines was killed by a grenade thrown into his hut. On 30 January the U.
At the same time a flight of Vietnamese Air Force A-1 Skyraiders arrived overhead and destroyed 5 tanks. The base has been turned over to housing and farmland, however the airfield is still clearly visible on satellite images. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Where we were in Vietnam.
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