Super Rare 11th Airborne Pathfinders Combat Aviation Group Plt Coin B33 For Sale

Vietnam Pathfinder Unit

11th Pathfinder Platoon

remained with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Separate) coming under administrative control of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion.

[Note –By Fall, 1967 unit staffing levels had reach a critical stage. Consequently, the General Support team was disbanded with remaining personnel reassigned to either 227th, 228th, or 229th teams.]

[Note –In late 1968 or early 1969, the 11th Pathfinder Company was re-designated as the 11th Pathfinder Platoon with team designations also impacted (i.e., 227th became Team 1, 228th became Team 2, and 229th became Team 3). These changes are believed to have been driven by the Army’s converting the 101st Airborne Division to their second airmobile organization. Consequently, changes were made to update and standardize “Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) for these airmobile divisions.]

Source:U.S. Army Heraldic Crest: A Complete Illustrated History of Authorized Distinctive Unit Insigniaby Barry Jason Stein w/P.J. Capelotti, General Editor