 That day a 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10 Bronco that was operating as a forward air controller in support of the South Vietnamese Marines was hit by an SA-7 missile and crashed into the sea, killing its pilot, Captain Steven L. Bennett, who would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.By 7 July the Airborne division had reached the southern outskirts of Quảng Trị City, but then President Thieu intervened in the operation.Trưởng had planned to bypass the city and push on quickly to the Cua Viet River, thereby isolating any PAVN defenders.