WO Engstrom was killed in action in Vietnam when his helicopter was shot down by small arms fire while serving with the Army.
Loren is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC.
Name inscribed honored on panel 39W, line 59 of the wall.
FINAL MISSION OF WO1 LOREN E. ENGSTROM
imgNational Route 19 (QL-19) ran across South Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north. In August 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division established Camp Radcliff at An Khe along QL-19, making the highway a vital supply artery to the chain of bases established in the Central Highlands. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were displeased with these developments they viewed as impediments to their own tactical objectives. Subsequently, throughout the region, the enemy launched frequent ambushes against Allied units and repeatedly mined the roadway along QL-19. On November 13, 1968, a convoy was traveling on QL-19 in Binh Dinh Province, approximately eleven miles west of An Khe, when 60mm mortars fired from the south side of the roadway began impacting near the column of vehicles. Small arms fire was also received at about the same location. Two helicopter gunships from the 170th Attack Helicopter Company "Buccaneers" providing convoy cover spotted twenty-five NVA 300 yards south of the road. As the first gunship started to make its run against the enemy combatants, it was hit by several rounds of .51 automatic weapons fire. The UH-1C (#66-15163) aircraft experienced a complete tail rotor failure after the rotor shaft sheared off causing the helicopter to crash. Two crewmen, aircraft commander WO1 Loren E. Engstrom and crew chief SP5 Arthur E. Keesee, were killed, and two others were injured. The second Buccaneer gunship engaged the NVA with five possible kills reported. Tanks from 69th Armor were sent as a reaction force with infantrymen from Scout Platoon, 1/50 Infantry. The tanks fired on the NVA which were pursued by the dismounted Scout Platoon. The infantrymen located one dead NVA hit by a (tank) cannister round. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vhpa.org, and "History of 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1 October 1968 – 31 December 1968" at ichiban1.org]
Loren is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC.
Name inscribed honored on panel 39W, line 59 of the wall.
FINAL MISSION OF WO1 LOREN E. ENGSTROM
imgNational Route 19 (QL-19) ran across South Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north. In August 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division established Camp Radcliff at An Khe along QL-19, making the highway a vital supply artery to the chain of bases established in the Central Highlands. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were displeased with these developments they viewed as impediments to their own tactical objectives. Subsequently, throughout the region, the enemy launched frequent ambushes against Allied units and repeatedly mined the roadway along QL-19. On November 13, 1968, a convoy was traveling on QL-19 in Binh Dinh Province, approximately eleven miles west of An Khe, when 60mm mortars fired from the south side of the roadway began impacting near the column of vehicles. Small arms fire was also received at about the same location. Two helicopter gunships from the 170th Attack Helicopter Company "Buccaneers" providing convoy cover spotted twenty-five NVA 300 yards south of the road. As the first gunship started to make its run against the enemy combatants, it was hit by several rounds of .51 automatic weapons fire. The UH-1C (#66-15163) aircraft experienced a complete tail rotor failure after the rotor shaft sheared off causing the helicopter to crash. Two crewmen, aircraft commander WO1 Loren E. Engstrom and crew chief SP5 Arthur E. Keesee, were killed, and two others were injured. The second Buccaneer gunship engaged the NVA with five possible kills reported. Tanks from 69th Armor were sent as a reaction force with infantrymen from Scout Platoon, 1/50 Infantry. The tanks fired on the NVA which were pursued by the dismounted Scout Platoon. The infantrymen located one dead NVA hit by a (tank) cannister round. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vhpa.org, and "History of 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1 October 1968 – 31 December 1968" at ichiban1.org]
WO Engstrom was killed in action in Vietnam when his helicopter was shot down by small arms fire while serving with the Army.
Loren is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC.
Name inscribed honored on panel 39W, line 59 of the wall.
FINAL MISSION OF WO1 LOREN E. ENGSTROM
imgNational Route 19 (QL-19) ran across South Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north. In August 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division established Camp Radcliff at An Khe along QL-19, making the highway a vital supply artery to the chain of bases established in the Central Highlands. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were displeased with these developments they viewed as impediments to their own tactical objectives. Subsequently, throughout the region, the enemy launched frequent ambushes against Allied units and repeatedly mined the roadway along QL-19. On November 13, 1968, a convoy was traveling on QL-19 in Binh Dinh Province, approximately eleven miles west of An Khe, when 60mm mortars fired from the south side of the roadway began impacting near the column of vehicles. Small arms fire was also received at about the same location. Two helicopter gunships from the 170th Attack Helicopter Company "Buccaneers" providing convoy cover spotted twenty-five NVA 300 yards south of the road. As the first gunship started to make its run against the enemy combatants, it was hit by several rounds of .51 automatic weapons fire. The UH-1C (#66-15163) aircraft experienced a complete tail rotor failure after the rotor shaft sheared off causing the helicopter to crash. Two crewmen, aircraft commander WO1 Loren E. Engstrom and crew chief SP5 Arthur E. Keesee, were killed, and two others were injured. The second Buccaneer gunship engaged the NVA with five possible kills reported. Tanks from 69th Armor were sent as a reaction force with infantrymen from Scout Platoon, 1/50 Infantry. The tanks fired on the NVA which were pursued by the dismounted Scout Platoon. The infantrymen located one dead NVA hit by a (tank) cannister round. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vhpa.org, and "History of 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1 October 1968 – 31 December 1968" at ichiban1.org]
Loren is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC.
Name inscribed honored on panel 39W, line 59 of the wall.
FINAL MISSION OF WO1 LOREN E. ENGSTROM
imgNational Route 19 (QL-19) ran across South Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north. In August 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division established Camp Radcliff at An Khe along QL-19, making the highway a vital supply artery to the chain of bases established in the Central Highlands. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were displeased with these developments they viewed as impediments to their own tactical objectives. Subsequently, throughout the region, the enemy launched frequent ambushes against Allied units and repeatedly mined the roadway along QL-19. On November 13, 1968, a convoy was traveling on QL-19 in Binh Dinh Province, approximately eleven miles west of An Khe, when 60mm mortars fired from the south side of the roadway began impacting near the column of vehicles. Small arms fire was also received at about the same location. Two helicopter gunships from the 170th Attack Helicopter Company "Buccaneers" providing convoy cover spotted twenty-five NVA 300 yards south of the road. As the first gunship started to make its run against the enemy combatants, it was hit by several rounds of .51 automatic weapons fire. The UH-1C (#66-15163) aircraft experienced a complete tail rotor failure after the rotor shaft sheared off causing the helicopter to crash. Two crewmen, aircraft commander WO1 Loren E. Engstrom and crew chief SP5 Arthur E. Keesee, were killed, and two others were injured. The second Buccaneer gunship engaged the NVA with five possible kills reported. Tanks from 69th Armor were sent as a reaction force with infantrymen from Scout Platoon, 1/50 Infantry. The tanks fired on the NVA which were pursued by the dismounted Scout Platoon. The infantrymen located one dead NVA hit by a (tank) cannister round. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vhpa.org, and "History of 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1 October 1968 – 31 December 1968" at ichiban1.org]
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