Army Reporter information
for 25 INF DIV
For date 680608
25 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Saigon
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "25th Inf, Arty And Airstrikes Kill 84 Enemy Near Saigon" dated 8 June 1968.
The 4/9th Inf killed 84 VC with the aid of helicopter light fire teams and airstrikes, two and a half miles NW of Saigon recently. The action started at 3:00 a.m. when a large enemy force ran into one of the battalion's night ambush patrols. Withdrawing from the intense fire, the VC brushed a second night ambush patrol. The VC, hurt from the two skirmishes, ran into the battalion's night perimeter. The VC mortared the night position with 60mm mortars and tried to break through the perimeter under the barrage but were repulsed by the 25th Div Infantrymen. The fight raged through the night and into the morning with the VC suffering heavy losses. Gunships and airstrikes were called in on the enemy positions. Around noon the enemy broke contact and fled, dragging some of their dead and wounded with them. The 4th Bn swept the area around the camp and counted 84 dead VC.
The source for this information was 6806AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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