Army Reporter information
for 1 CAV DIV
1/9 CAV 1 CAV
From date 681216 to 681222
1 CAV DIV was a US Army unit
1/9 CAV 1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 6 Jan 1969 issue.
Action was scattered during the week for soldiers of the 1st Cav Division as they reported killing 80 of the enemy.
Heaviest contact came on Dec 18 as 1st Cav soldiers and supporting elements killed 42 VC. The bodies of 17 others were also found.
Shortly after noon that day, elements of the 1/9th Air Cav observed numerous enemy troops along a road 12 miles northeast of Phouc Binh.
Following airstrikes 41 enemy were counted dead in the area. Another element of the 1/9th Air Cav reported discovering the bodies of 17 NVA soldiers killed in an area of previous contact by supporting fires.
In other action, one enemy was killed six miles west of Quan Loi. On Dec 20 soldiers of the 1st Cav Division reported killing 23 enemy and finding the bodies of three others.
Elements of the 2/12 Cavalry encountered several enemy soldiers 12 miles north of Quan Loi. In the ensuing firefight two NVA soldiers were killed.
Elements of the 2/7th Cavalry received small arms fire several enemy seven miles northeast of Quan Loi. The infantrymen returned fire, killing four.
The source for this information was 6901AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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