Army Reporter information
for 173 ABN BDE
1/69 ARM
For date 680608
173 ABN BDE was a US Army unit
1/69 ARM was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Binh Dinh Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Qui Nhon
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 8 June 1968 issue.
Elements of the 173d Abn Bde and supporting artillery, gunships and tactical airstrikes combined to kill 33 NVA soldiers recently. Two companies from the 1/50th Inf and a platoon from the 1/69th Arm made contact with a large enemy force north of Qui Nhon. Artillery, gunships and airstrikes were called in on the enemy. A partial sweep revealed 33 enemy dead.
The source for this information was 6806AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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