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On 29 April with 2/3 Marines having secured Hill 861, 3/3 Marines advanced from Khe Sanh towards a hill 750m northeast of Hill 881S that was to be used as an intermediate position for the attack on Hill 881S. Company M, 9th Marines engaged a PAVN platoon, while Company M, 3rd Marines secured the intermediate position and dug in. [1]: 40
During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended Hill 881S, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. Following his bold spoiling attack on 20 January 1968, shattering a much larger North Vietnamese Army (NVA) force deploying to attack Hill 881S, Colonel Dabney's force was surrounded and cut off ...
With the order to take 881 North, Studt laid on a full menu of fire support, even lining up all eight of the battalion's 106 mm recoilless rifles to support the assault. In addition to the howitzers and guns emplaced at the main base and Ca Lu, the battalion also had the support of the three 105 mm howitzers on Hill 881S.
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Hill 881S, Khe Sanh, Quảng Trị Province January 21 — April 14, 1968 Commanded two Marine rifle companies in the defense of Hill 881S during a 77 day siege where they sustained nearly 100% casualties. Dabney was the son-in-law of Chesty Puller, and was belatedly awarded his Navy Cross in 2005. Robert G. Dalton Marine Corps Corporal