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On the morning of 4 July, following 12 hours of preparatory airstrikes, 3/9 Marines supported by Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/3 Marines attacked towards the Marketplace ambush site to recover the bodies of those killed on 2 July. 3/9 Marines met heavy resistance from the PAVN southwest of the Marketplace and by the end of the day had suffered ...
Sergeant Rodney M. Davis, Platoon Guide of 2nd Platoon, Company B, purposely absorbed the force of a PAVN grenade to protect the lives of other Marines during that fight. Davis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for this action. The PAVN withdrew at 02:00 leaving 61 dead, while Marine losses were 35 killed and 92 wounded. [1]: 114–5
The Company commander ordered his 2nd platoon to outflank the PAVN ambush but they were also ambushed west of the village losing 2 Marines killed and withdrew back to the Company position. Air and artillery strikes were called in and then the 1st and 3rd platoons assaulted the village however they made little progress against the well ...
Map of the actions of 28–30 July 2/9 Marines return through the lines of the 3/4 Marines on 29 July. 2/9 Marines, supported by a platoon of five M-48s, three M50 Ontos and three LVTEs moved north along Provincial Route 606 to make a spoiling attack into the DMZ, the unit made no contact with the PAVN and set up a night defensive position near the Bến Hải River [4] The following morning ...
1st Infantry Division operations in Binh Guong Province that extended to include the Loc Ninh area of Bình Long Province after PAVN/VC attacks on Loc Ninh on 29 October 1967. The Battle of Ong Thanh took place when U.S. forces were ambushed by a superior communist force. Bing Guong and Bình Long Provinces. Sep 29 – Oct 11: Operation Kenmore ...
On 7 February the PAVN ambushed a patrol by a platoon from Company K 3/3 Marines south of Con Thien, killing 9 Marines including the Platoon Commander. The remainder of Company K moved to reinforce the ambushed platoon and were themselves ambushed from well-concealed PAVN bunkers, suffering 18 killed and 10 wounded in the first 5 minutes ...
Death came during Crucible. Parris Island trains 19,000 marines a year. Beals was assigned to Platoon 2040 in Company E after arriving at Parris Island on March 12, 2021.. Those who complete the ...
On 11 July 1/3 Marines reinforced by a company from 3/3 Marines and Company K, 3/9 Marines was ordered to advance east with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 51st Regiment, while rest of 3/9 Marines were to move southwest back towards the 4 July ambush position. At 02:50 on 12 July the VC mortared the 3/9 Marines night defensive ...