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Who's Who from Detachment A-231 (Suoi Doi and Tieu Atar) (Partial Draft)

The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-231 (Soui Doi and Tieu Atar). If you were assigned to A-231 or you can correct any errors or can add any names or [ESPECIALLY HELPFUL] identify the assignments for the names at the last page of the list shown as "Assignments Unknown," or if you have any rosters, please let me know by e-mail at (sherman1@flash.net) or by phone at (713) 683-9076 or join the team discussion at the Green Beret Forum.

Narrative Information: See below. For information on the earlier TDY teams at the Buon Enao Project and Ban Don see the previously published monographs on 1st SFGA and 7th SFGA TDY teams. A5/214 arrived at Ban Don o/a 10/31/64. They closed the camp and relocated to Soui Doi. The Suoi Doi camp was located in Pleiku Province, ? District. After the battle at Mang Yang Pass, the remaining team members went to open Plateau Gi.

Later, a new camp designated A-231, opened of 12/11/67, at Tieu Atar, in Darlac Province, ? District. The Tieu Atar camp was turned over to the 71st Border Ranger Battalion on 09/30/70.

Detachment A5/1 (redesignated A5/214 on 1/8/65) closed Ban Don, which they had taken over from A-752 after the 1964 Montagnard revolt, and relocated to Suoi Doi o/a 1/1/65. Suoi Doi was disbanded on 3/24/65, after a major battle at the Mang Yang Pass and the USASF assets went to Plateau Gi (A-243). Ban Don was later re-opened as Trang Phuc (A-233). The PCS A- Detachment at Dong Tre (see A-222) in early '65 was originally designated A-231 and reported to B-23 at Ban Me Thuot. When it was shifted to the control of B-22, it was redesignated A-222. The number remained open until applied to the camp at Tieu Atar opened a/o 12/11/67. The Tieu Atar camp was turned over to the 71st Border Ranger Battalion on 09/30/70.

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