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September '69 - Command Chronology

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364
Marine Aircraft Group 16
1st Marine Aircraft Wing, FMFPac
FPO San Francisco, California 96602

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3 Nov 1969
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PART I
ORGANIZATIONAL DATA

Staff Officers
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Commanding Officer	LtCol. C. R. Dunbaugh	01-31 Oct. 69
Executive Officer	Maj. J. L. Pipa	01-31 Oct. 69
Administrative Officer	2ndLt. J. Muschette, Jr.	01-27 Oct. 69
	1stLt. H. B. Lamb	28-31 Oct. 69
Operations Officer	Maj. F. A. Gulledge, Jr.	01-31 Oct. 69
Aircraft Maintenance Officer	Maj. J. M. Davis, Jr.	23-12 Oct. 69
	1stLt. L. L. Sutler	13-31 Oct. 69
Logistics Officer	1stLt J. W. Devlin	01-31 Oct. 69
Aviation Safety/NATOPS Officer	1stLt. L. C. Christy	01-31 Oct. 69
NATOPS Officer	1stLt. C. K. Butler	01-31 Oct. 69
Flight Surgeon	Lt. USN (MC) K. C. Peterson	01-31 Oct. 69
Intelligence Officer	1stLt. V. L. Dutton	01-31 Oct. 69
Motor Transport Officer	1stLt. M. S. Olson	01-20 Oct. 69
	1stLt. S. Erb	21-31 Oct. 69
Sergeant Major	SgtMaj. P. H. Stephenson	1-31 Oct. 69
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Unit Location

Marble Mountain Air Facility, DaNang, Republic of Vietnam, 1-31 Oct. 1969

Average Monthly Strength	USMC	USN	OTHER	TOTAL
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Officer	50	1	0	51
Enlisted	171	0	0	171
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Important Visitors: None
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PART II
NARRATIVE SUMMARY -
1-5 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 565 sorties for 177.6 flight hours, lifted 20.6 tons of cargo, 829 troops/passengers, and expended 200 rounds of .50 caliber ordnance. Thirty-five medevac missions carried 19 Emergency, 32 Priority and 40 Routine evacuees. Sixteen enemy fire incidents were reported with YK-1 receiving 8 hits, and YK-4 receiving one hit. One aerial gunner KIA on 5 October 1969.

6-10 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 545 sorties for 174.9 flight hours, lifted 20.2 tons of cargo, 1,175 troops/passengers, and expended 700 rounds of .50 caliber ordnance. Fifty-one medevac missions carried 6 Emergency, 33 Priority, and 211 Routine evacuees. Five enemy fire incidents were reported with YK-7 receiving 4 hits, and YK-22 receiving 2 hits.

11-15 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 850 sorties for 239.4 flight hours, lifted 74.8 tons of cargo, 1,731 troops/passengers, and expended 1,500 rounds of .50 caliber ordnance. Seventy-eight medevac missions carried 40 Emergency, 90 Priority and 73 Routine evacuees. Six enemy fire incidents were reported with YK-10 receiving 3 hits.

16-20 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 934 sorties for 262.6 flight hours, lifted 36.1 tons of cargo, 1,047 troops/passengers, and expended 1,750 rounds of .50 caliber ordnance. One hundred four Medevac missions carried 72 Emergency, 79 Priority and 114 Routine evacuees. Six enemy fire incidents were reported with YK-9 and YK-18 each receiving one hit.

21-25 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 879 sorties for 243.9 flight hours, lifted 72.2 tons of cargo, 1,416 troops/passengers, and expended 3,950 rounds of .50 caliber ordnance. Eighty-two medevac missions carried 38 Emergency, 91 Priority and 103 Routine evacuees. Twelve enemy fire incidents were reported with no aircraft receiving hits.

26-31 Oct 69 - HMM-364 flew 867 sorties for 239.4 hours, lifted 32.8 tons of cargo, 770 troops/passengers, and expended 5,005 rounds of .50 caliber and 400 rounds of 5.56mm ordnance. Seventy-nine medevac missions carried 31 Emergency, 41 Priority and 55 Routine evacuees. Six enemy fire incidents were reported with YK-5 receiving 5 hits.

To recap, HMM-364 flew 4,610 sorties for 1,365.8 flight hours, lifting 327.2 tons of cargo, 6,567 troops/passengers, 368 Medevac missions carried 940 evacuees of which 154 were Emergency, 226 Priority and 560 Routine. 12255 rounds of ordnance was also expended. Fifty-four fire incidents were reported with seven aircraft receiving hits. All the above were flown in support of the following Operations and Units: Pipestone Canyon and Victory Dragon.

PART III

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Personnel	Officer	Enlisted	Total
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Personnel Joined	8	13	21
Personnel Joined	7	20	27

Administrative	Officer	Enlisted	Total
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Personnel Promoted	0	4	4
Personnel Reduced	0	0	0
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Casualties for the Month
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Name	SerNo	Service	KIA/WIA
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LCpl. Lenhard, H. T.	2282478	USMC	KIA
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Intelligence

The Squadron Intelligence Section received and recorded intelligence informa- tion on a daily basis for adjacent and higher headquarters through pilot debriefs, spot reports and intelligence documents.

A narrative summary of section activities is as follows: attended briefings at higher headquarters, conducting liaison with adjacent units, briefing and debriefing pilots, and routing of messages and documents of intelligence value to appropriate sections and personnel.

Logistics

NORS "G" Resume

AOCPs submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
AOCPs completed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
AOCPs pending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 against 3 aircraft

NORS "N" Resume

ANFEs submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ANFEs completed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ANFEs pending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 against 5 aircraft

Aircraft Damage

The following squadron aircraft received battle damage during this reporting period:

153994, 153349, 153358, 153377, 153363, 154014, 154042