Incident Date 19680619-1 MABS-16 Ground N/A - Hostile Fire - Ground Casualty - An Hoa
Kennedy Jr., Arlan Joseph Cpl Grnd Casualty MABS-16 MAG-16 1968-06-19 (vvm 56W:035)
MABS-16 Command Chronology - June 1968
Casualties. Cpl Arlan J. KENNEDY JR. 2219532, USMC, KIA 19Jun68, An Hoa
LCpl Stewart J WILLIAMSON, 2277250, USMC, WIA, 19Jun68
LCpl Theodore A HOGAN, 2284357, USMC, WIA, An Hoa
MABS-16 Command Chronology - June 1968
During the month of June the An Hoa Base was probed by small arms fire and mortars four different times, resulting in casualties to three of MABS-16 personnel.
19 June 1968 - Marine KC-130F aircraft hit by ground fire. CH-53s completed 22 external lifts to move Charlie artillery battery to Hill 55. At approximately 2345 field hit by mortars resulting in three MABS-16 casualties, CPL KENNEDY KIA, LCpl WILIAMSON, WIA and LCpl HOGAN WIA. TAFDS hose took direct hit resulting in approximately 9000 gallons of JP-4 lost.
20 June 1968 - MABS-16 casualties medevaced at 1400