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Positions of 4th Division, March 1969. On 2 March 1969, A, B & D Companies, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment left their staging area at Polei Kleng Camp and were transported to their insertion point at YA793879 (). The insertion and the subsequent establishment of a perimeter was without incident.
Kissinger secretly met with North Vietnam's former foreign minister, Xuan Thuy, to bypass the deadlocked Paris Peace Talks. [68] 5 August. North Vietnam released three American prisoners of war to peace activist Rennie Davis, among them was U.S. Navy seaman Doug Hegdahl who had memorized the names of other prisoners. [69] [5]: 307
19th Engineer Battalion (August 1968 to February 1969) [3] New Zealand MILPHAP team (October 1967 onwards) [4] In Operation Pershing, LZ English was nearly destroyed by a fire, probably set by the PAVN 3rd Division's sappers on 6 June 1967. [5]: 319 In November 1970 military police investigated the sale of heroin from a Vietnamese house on the ...
On 11 May 1969 the base was attacked by an estimated 600 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) troops, resulting in 11 U.S. and approximately 100 PAVN killed and 3 U.S. captured. [ 3 ] On 30 October 1970 the base, occupied by 6th Battalion, 14th Artillery and elements of B Battery, 4th Battalion, 60th Artillery , was attacked by the PAVN, resulting ...
On 9 April 1969 a Marine Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter (BuNo 153738) of HMH-462 crashed into the logistics support area at Vandegrift triggering a large fire. [4] Destruction of Vandegrift Combat Base, 26 September 1969. In October 1969 the base was handed over to the ARVN 2nd Division who dismantled it and used it to reinforce Camp ...
Sharon Ann Lane (July 7, 1943 – June 8, 1969) was a United States Army nurse and the only American servicewoman killed as a direct result of enemy fire in the Vietnam War. The Army posthumously awarded Lane the Bronze Star Medal for heroism on June 8, 1969.
Date Duration Operation Name Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIA (US Sources) Allied KIA(US Sources) Jan 1 – Mar 31: Operation Skysweep [1]: 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation
The fighting continued until dawn when the PAVN withdrew leaving 41 dead while Marines losses were 13 dead. At 08:00 Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines was landed southwest of LZ Sierra and moved to support Company L. As it moved along a ridgeline the lead platoon fired on two PAVN triggering an ambush, the platoon withdrew to the company's ...