Military unit
The 11th Aviation Battalion was a United States Army aviation unit that fought in the Vietnam War. The unit served as a test for helicopter support of ground infantry units.[3]
History
The unit was constituted on 21 August 1965 and activated on 23 August 1965 at Fort Benning, Ga. The Battalion was inactivated on 16 September 1987. The 11th Aviation Battalion stationed at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Erlensee, Germany, was the air wing of V Corps.[4] The 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment, at Fort Rucker, now carries the 11th Aviation Battalion's lineage.[5]
Organizational structure in the Vietnam War
The organizational structure of the 11th Aviation Battalion reflected the following units in 1966/7:
Commanders
In Vietnam
- LTC John W. Lauterbach, in command on 1 January 1966.
- LTC Joseph B. Starker; assumed command on 20 May 1966.[9]
- LTC Leo E. Soucek; assumed command on 7 May 1967,[10] later retiring as a Brigadier General.[11]
- LTC William A. Hobbs; assumed command on 10 November 67.[12]
- LTC William F. Bauman; assumed command on 22 April 1968.[13]
- LTC Robert W. Flint, in command on 31 January 1970.[14]
In Germany
Awards and decorations
Campaign credit
Unit decorations
References
- ^ US Army, The Institute of Heraldry (17 November 1987). Heraldry of the 11th Aviation Regiment Archived 12 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army (23 April 1968). General Orders No. 17[permanent dead link], page 3. Amended by General Orders No. 9[permanent dead link], Section IX, dated 3 April 1979. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ Lieutenant General John J. Tolson (2014). Vietnam Studies - AIRMOBILITY - 1961-1971. Normanby Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-78289-362-2.
- ^ US Army in Germany. 11th Aviation Battalion. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army. 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment Archived 29 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Fort Rucker, Alabama. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Wickham, K (1967). Lessons learned - Headquarters 12th Combat Aviation Group (1 Nov 1966 – 31 Jan 1967) (PDF). USA: Department of the Army. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b Wickham, K (1967). Lessons learned - Headquarters 12th Combat Aviation Group (1 Feb 1967 – 30 Apr 1967) (PDF). USA: Department of the Army. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d Wickham, K (1967). Lessons learned - Headquarters 12th Combat Aviation Group (1 Aug 1967 – 31 Oct 1967) (PDF). USA: Department of the Army. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2020.
- ^ US Army, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion (1 February 1968). Operational Report on Lessons Learned for the period ending 31 July 1966, page 8. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion (1 August 1967). Operational Report - Lessons Learned (RCS-CSFOR-67) for Quarterly Period Ending 31 July 1967. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ Barnes, Bart (3 May 2013), "Leo E. Soucek, Army brigadier general", The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion (1 February 1968). Operational Report for Quarterly Period Ending 31 January 1968, page 3. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion (12 May 1968). Operational Report for Quarterly Period Ending 30 April 1968, page 7. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ US Army, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion (13 February 1970). Operational Report on Lessons Learned for the period ending 31 January 1970, page 21. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ ETSU Army ROTC. Tommy Stiner. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
Sources
- Department of the Army (29 January 1988). Pamphlet 672–3, page 17. Accessed 8 May 2017.
