Army Reporter information
for 1 INF DIV
For date 680127
1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Ben Cat
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 27 Jan 1968 issue.
A seal of the village of Ben Tui north of Ben Cat resulted in nine VC killed. Infantrymen from the 1/16th Inf, 1st Inf Div began the seal, encountering small arms fire which continued sporadically throughout the night. Brief firefights erupted during the night, and the enemy finally broke contact early in the morning. Eleven suspects were detained.
The source for this information was 6801AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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