Army Reporter information
for 1 AVN BDE
121 AHC
13 CAB
164 CAG
From date 681216 to 681222
1 AVN BDE was a US Army unit
121 AHC was a US Army unit
13 CAB was a US Army unit
164 CAG 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.
25th Inf Div
25th Infantry Division soldiers reported very heavy contact with the enemy during the week, killing 252.
Tropic Lighting soldiers of the 25th Division and supporting elements killed 92 of the enemy on Dec 22. The heaviest action took place when 81 NVA regulars tried to overrun a patrol base.
The base, located nine and one half miles south of Tay Ninh City and manned by men from the 4/9th Inf, came under attack a few minutes after midnight. An observer spotted an estimated 40 enemy moving to the west of his position. Mortar fire was directed on the enemy position. At about the same time, the base was hit on all sides by an estimated two enemy battalions employing small arms and automatic weapons fire. The fight raged heavily for two and one half hours, then lacked off and continued sporadically until 7:00 a.m.
Elsewhere 11 more enemy were killed in scattered contacts, six of whom were credited to an Air Force air strike seven miles north-northeast of Dau Tieng.
In a seven and one half hour battle near Cu Chi on Dec 20, a reported 54 enemy were killed by 25th Inf Div elements.
Fighting began three miles northwest of Cu Chi when elements of the 1/5th Inf established contact with an unknown number of VC. As the battle continued, the infantrymen were reinforced by elements of the 2.12th Inf. and 3/4th Armored Cavalry. Supported by gunships, artillery and tactical air strikes, the 2nd Brigade soldiers fought for seven and one half hours when the enemy withdrew finally.
The source for this information was 6901AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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