Camp Evans (Vietnam)
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Camp Evans is a former U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps base northwest of Huế in central Vietnam.
History
1966-7
Camp Evans was established by the
Marine units based at Camp Evans during this period included:
- 4th Marine Regiment
1968
In January 1968 Camp Evans was taken over by the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).[3]
On the night of 19 May 1968 the ammunition dump at Camp Evans was hit by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rockets and exploded causing a chain reaction and fire that lasted more than 12 hours and damaged or destroyed 124 aircraft rendering the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division combat ineffective for a week until replacement aircraft arrived.[4]
On 3 October 1968 a USAF C-7 Caribou (#63-9753) that had just taken off from the Camp Evans airstrip collided with a 1st Cavalry Boeing CH-47 Chinook (#66-19041) resulting in the death of all 24 passengers and crew on both aircraft.[5]
1969-72
Camp Evans was taken over by 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.[2]
Army units based at Camp Evans during this period included:
- 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion
- 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 94th Artillery Regiment (November 1969 – 1970)[3]: 108
- 18th Surgical Hospital (March–December 1969)[3]: 215
- 63rd Signal Battalion (March 1970-January 1972)[3]: 186
- C Battery, 4th Battalion, 77th Artillery (Aerial Rocket Artillery), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)[6]
- 101st Military Police, Third Platoon.
The
Current use
The base is abandoned and turned over to farmland.
References
- ISBN 9781935149675.
- ^ ISBN 978-1555716257.
- ^ ISBN 9780811700719.
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- ^ "de Havilland C-7B Caribou". Aviation Safety network. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "77th Aerial Rocket Artillery Unit". Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "The US Air Force at Camp Evans". Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
