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On 21 March the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines began a 10 km march west along Route 4 from Firebase Rawhide to take Hill 52. On 24 March Company C secured Hill 52 and the Marines began construction of Firebase Mustang and on 30 March Battery K, 4th Battalion, 11th Marines was in position at Mustang. [1]: 105
Gilbert Bolton) called a fire mission on the platoon’s position. Three volleys of artillery were dropped on Hill 25 (aka Danine Hill) mainly using variable-time-fuse airburst. The artillery broke the attack and allowed the remaining Marines to push the enemy off the hill. 10 Marines were killed outright, and a dozen more severely wounded.
On the ground a patrol from Company A, 1/7 Marines, operating below the battalion's command post on Hill 10, saw about 10 PAVN soldiers just south of the Túy Loan River preparing positions. The Marines called in artillery and mortar missions . Although the PAVN troops fled, the Marines found five unexpended 122mm rockets on the site.
Marine Corps Colonel North Vietnam October 25, 1967 A6A Intruder Pilot Bobby W. Abshire Marine Corps Corporal Quảng Nam Province May 21, 1966 UH-1E Helicopter Crew Chief Richard F. Abshire † Marine Corps Sergeant Quảng Trị Province May 2, 1968 Platoon sergeant John T. Adams † Marine Corps Lance Corporal Hill 488, Quảng Tín Province
On 20 April operational control of the Khe Sanh area passed to the 3rd Marine Regiment. [1]: 35 On 22 April 1967 SLF Bravo comprising 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines supported by HMM-164 had commenced Operation Beacon Star on the southern part of the Street Without Joy straddling Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces against the Vietcong (VC) 6th Regiment and 810th and 812th Battalions.
The Battle of Tam Kỳ took place during the Vietnam War from 3–6 March 1968. After a night-time rocket attack on their base camp by the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 3rd Regiment, 3rd Division. The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment engaged the PAVN killing 436.
Operation Imperial Lake was a U.S. Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marine Corps and U.S. Army operation in the Quế Sơn District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam that took place from 1 September 1970, to 7 May 1971. It was the last operation of the 1st Marine Division during the Vietnam War.
Mutter's Ridge was the name given by U.S. Marines to the Núi Cây Tre ("Bamboo Mountain") ridge, in Quảng Trị Province.The ridge was formed by Hills 461, 484 and 400 and overlooked the southern edge of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to the north and Route 9 to the south.