Pending contact and participation by 228th and/or 91st Combined Service Battalion the following is offered as known to date.
At some point between February 1972 and before November of 1972 the 228th appears to have been "inactivated" and/or possibly reconstituted.
Per Order of Battle Listings in Book by Shelby Stanton the 228th was inactivated in 1973 Republic of Vietnam.
The above cannot be factual, as research indicates otherwise. The following are statements offered by three separate individuals of the time period.
1) The 228th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) was reconstituted as the 228th Supply and Combat Company in February 1972 - Can Tho and Binh Thuy area of Delta.
2) The 228th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) was "inactivated" and reconstituted as the 91st Supply and Service Company
3) The 228th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) was absorbed into the 91st Service Battalion,aka: 91st Combined Service Battalion.
Research indicates the following: The 91st Service Battalion was formed in either late January or early February 1969. in Can Tho and Binh Thuy area of the Delta. It had 4 distinct name changes between 1969 and 1973, they being: 91st Service Battalion, 91st (Combat) Service Battalion, 91st Combined Service Battalion and at "drawdown" November 1972 and into 1973 were known as 91st Composite Service Battalion. Of substantial interest, is the fact, that at drawdown the 228th S&S Co (DS) is not mentioned as a subordinate or part of the 91st. Yet, listed in the very next paragraph is the drawdown of the HHC 266th Composite Service Battalion (formerly HHC 266TH Supply and Service Battalion Direct Support) of which the 624th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) is a definitive subordinate....the 624th being a sister Company of the 228th in Long Binh since 1965 and reconstituted on 20 July 1966 from 624th Quartermaster Company (Direct Support) to 624th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) along with 506th and others per written History (1966-1967). This finding might mean, that the 624th S&S Co (DS) was the longest, if not one of the longest serving Direct Support Companies in Vietnam.
Submitted by:
SP4 A. B. Neighbor 18 February 2011
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