YearDateEvent
196401-24-1964Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was establish
196404-01-1964Special Branch for Clandestine Operations of the Technical Exploitation Service
19648-2-1964Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964
12-5-1965Operation Tiger Hound
Southeastern Laos
1964CISO Counterinsurgency Support Office "Ben Baker"
19648-2-1964A North Vietnamese P-4 under fire from Maddox
19648-5-1964Johnson also went to the United States Congresse day and requested the passage of the Southeast Asia Resolution (better known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution)
19644-1-1964SVN Coastal Security Service (CSS) that was to conduct maritime operations for OPLAN 34A
1965 4-3-1965Operation Steel Tiger
196510-18-196546)
Phước Sơn District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam
19655-1-1965Col. Donald D. Blackburn replaces Col. Russel Chief of SOG
196511-18-1965First Shinning Brass Mission. RT Iowa. Sergeant Major Charles Petry, Sgt 1st Class Wille Card and four SVN, inserted in Alpha One
19651965Kham Duc designated FOB 1
196512-1965Maritime Operations Section was establish
196701-15-1967Leg Horn Radio Relay Site was established.
19674-1-1967Operation Daniel Boone
19676-3-1967Heavy Losses in Oscar 8, Laos
19672-7-1967SFC Linard Tilly and 1LT George Sisler volunteered for a Mission. Sisler MOH
19681-31-1968
(1 month and 4 weeks)
Tet Offensive
Phase 1
19685-5-1968Tet Offensive
Phase 2
19685-20-1968Loss of RT Idaho
196808-23-1968FOB-4 CCN base attacked by NVA Sappers
19689-9-1968Tet Offensive
Phase 3
1968 11-15-1968 Operation Commando Hunt
19682-19-1968Fred Zabitosky MOH
19685- 2-1968MSG Roy P. Benavidez MOH
19686-13-1968SP5 John J. Kedenburg MOH
196811-26-1968Col. James P. Fleming MOH
196812-30-1968Robert L. Howard MOH
19693-14-1969Operation Dewy Canyon
1970 4-29-1970Cambodian campaign
19709-11-1970Operation Tailwind
197010-10-1970Commando Hunt V began
197011-28-1970First ever HALO combat Jump, Cliff Newman, Sammy Hernandez and Melvin Hill.
19708-8-1970Col. John F. "Skip" Sadler replaced Col. Steven "Rusty" Cavanaugh as SOG chief
197012-5-1970SSG Franklin D Miller MOH
19704-5-1970SGT Brian L Buker MOH
19713-1971were renamed Task Force Advisory Elements (TF1AE, TF2AE and TF3AE).
19712-8-1971Operation Lam Son 719
197110-11-1971Last SOG KIA.
Sergeant First Class Audley D. Mills was killed when a booby-trap he was trying to disarm detonated.
19718-7-1971RT Kansas was inserted on the hill top of an older fire base.
19716-5-1971Radio Relay Base Hickory Hill overrun
19716-4-5, 1971SSG Jon Cavaiani MOH
19723-30-1972Easter Offensive
19725-1-1972Renamed the Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team 158 (STDAT-158).
19724-30-1972Col David R. Preston relieved Col. John F. Sadler as Chief of SOG
19724-10-13-1972LT Thomas R Norris MOH
19733-12-1973STDAT-158 was disbandment