Pending communication by personnel of 1971 -1972 time period little is known about the 228th and its activity in the Can Tho/Binh Thuy area of the Delta. Research via the Internet turns up very little. As near as can be determined the Company was still known as the "228th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support)" and generally still functioned per Table of Organization and Equipment as outlined during activation 20 July 1966.
There is one posting by a family member (?) seeking more data on the drowning and loss of a 228th person in Can Tho area, whereby a member of the 228th while loading and offloading a river barge, dove into the water (too cool off presumably) and never re-emerged. Efforts to find and recover body proved fruitless. The message, posted on a Military (looking for information) site seems to indicate that said person was a member of 228th S&S Co (DS) and 266th S&S BN (DS) as the 228th superior.
This portion regarding the 266th once again being the superior command of the 228th is possible, but doubtful, as it seems the 266th remained in Long Binh from 1966 -1973, while Can Tho and Binh Thuy appear to have been located some 100 miles southeastward of Long Binh, where seemingly the 228th was a subordinate of the 91st Service Battalion (See 1972-1973 History).
Note: Of specific interest and related to the 91st Combined Service Battalion located in IV Corps (a subordinate of 29th General Support Group, USASUPCOM, 1st Logistics Command), is the fact, that the 91st was indeed a "combined service" entity. In other words the unit functioned as a combination of Army, Navy and Air Force operation. This was mainly due to the specific location near the southern most main tributary of the Mekong River, approximately 90 miles south of Saigon, but far enough inland (rough calculation approximating 20 miles) from the South China Sea. This allowed the Navy access up-river, the Army the ability to offload supply barges and other non deep water craft, while the Air Force had two air-fields in operation...the larger and main field being in Can Tho, with another a little to the northeast located at Binh Thuy. In addition, Highway 1A was the central highway of access and egress from Can Tho (a bridge crossing the tributary of the Mekong) with an approximate 90 mile straight run to Saigon, or 100 miles to Long Binh, Bien Hoa area, which by 1970 was the largest Supply Depot of the Armed Forces in the World.
Submitted By:
SP4 Arthur B. Neighbor (Company Clerk 1966-1967)......... 18 February 2011
