According to Joe Galloway, there were only 2 aircraft that flew into LZ X-Ray after it was closed due to hostile fire. This was to deliver water and ammo and to evacuate the wounded. According to him,both aircraft were from the 229th. One was flown by MOH winnner Edd Freeman the other By Maj. Bruce Crandall.I saw Army news clips of choppers delivering ammo and taking out wounded supposedly from LZ X Ray and they had a nine visible on the door. It may have been 229 Not sure. The pictures Joe took of the 229th at LZ Xray had NO numbers on the door.(this may be seen at Joe's site) The history of the 119th shows it operating in the Ia Drang at that time of the overall battle but absent during the X Ray fight.There is NO REFERENCE to LZ Xray in the history of the 119th. Ditto the 155th history that I saw. On the 155th site is a series of 6 photos taken from Stagecoach 936 taken by Warren Smith in Nov 1965 titled "1st lift into LZ Xray-1965" (See Link)
I think I may have been wrong stating the 119th was at X-ray during the 3 day fight when in fact it was in the Ia drang in the early pre-assault phase and during the extraction. I can CONFIRM only that the 229th was in the LZ during the 3 day fight AFTER the LZ was closed. Except for the eyewitness photographs and the statement of the 155th website I can find zero evidence of other than the 229th at XRAY DURING THE FIGHT. That does not surprise me. Divisions kept much better histories than independent units.
In stating that the news film in the National archives from that time may be misleading,
here is a quote from the Ia Drang site regarding film clips of the battle. Remember, Galloway had only still camera's
"In terms of the battles at Lz Xray and Albany, the film is chilling. You get to hear Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley and see a very young Peter Jennings (this had to be one of his first days as the ABC anchor) calmly talk about "human wave attacks" and "hand to hand combat". Actual battlefield network footage was shot on the Third Day of Xray when the press showed up to reinforce poor Joe Galloway. In the high tech world we live in today, it is interesting to see what low tech graphics passed for state-of-the-art back then."

This could account for the "119th" Aircraft in the film clip that I referred to and the reference to LZ Ray. Until we can find eyewitness accounts I will concede the 119th was there during the pre-attack phase and during the relief effort. I think Joe Galloway and General Moore are the only reliable sources for activity AFTER the LZ was closed. Sorry guy's. Thanks for making me do my homework.

Here are the extracts from the history in 1965.

20 October: US Special Forces, Det c-2, requested assistance from the 52d Avn Bn. for the Special Forces Camp at Plei Me, which was under attack. Two armed helicopters and a flare ship of the 119th Avn. Co. were dispatched and gave illumination and air cover until the arrival of Air Force flare and fighter aircraft. Later in the morning two armed UH-1Bs of the 119th received intense automatic weapons fire from all quadrants, while escorting medical evacuation helicopters from the Plei Me Camp. One of the gunships was shot down with no survivors.

24 October: The 119th Avn. Co. joined other units of the 52d Bn. in deploying 400 troops of the 22d Ranger Bn. along the route of the Armered Task Force enroute to the Plei Me Camp.

25 October: The 119th Avn. Co. assisted the 1st Bde, 1st Air Cav Div., in a troop placement from Camp Holloway to an LZ on the road to Plei Me (ZA245165).

25 October: The 119th Avn. Co. assisted the 1st Bde, 1st Air Cav Div. in a troop placement from Camp Holloway to an LZ on the road to Plei Me (ZA245165).

28 October: The 119th Avn. Co. assisted in extracting the 42d ARVN Ranger Company from the airstrip at Plei Me to New Pleiku Airfield in two lifts.

7 November: The 119th Avn. Co. and other units of the 52d Bn. conducted an airlanded assault. US Marine Helicopter Squadron HM363 was attached to the 52d Bn. for this operation which staged out of Tuy Hoa. Two Battalions of the 47th Inf. Regt. and two battalions of the Airborne Task Force were carried north west to an LZ at BQ 905580.

9-12 November: The 119th Avn. Co. spent the period from 9-12 Nov. as part of the 52d Bn. in support of the ARVN Artillery School in a Combined Arms Demonstration at the Duc My Training Center. Thirteen slicks and six gunships of the company were used in the demonstration. As part of the demonstration, a total of 546 troops were lifted on an sirlanded assault.

18 Nov: The 52d Avn. Bn. staged II Corps Operation Than Phong 7 from Ducco. Twelve slicks and six gunships of the 119th took part as 1500 troops were carried in five lifts, from Ducco to an LZ at YA 841092. Two aircraft sustained light damage from ground fire received in the La Drang Valley south of Ducco.

30 December: For the last combat assault of the year, the 119th joined other elements of the 52d Bn. to airlift 465 troops of the 23d Inf Div (ARVN), from Boun Ea Yang(BQ010010) to an LZ at BQ280045. The operation was conducted in three lifts, and groound fire was received, There were no hits, however.