Army Reporter information
for 1 INF DIV
For date 681005
1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Binh Duong Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Lai Khe
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 5 Oct 1968 issue.
Elements of the 1st Inf Div reported light contact in their area of operations during the week. An ambush patrol from the Big Red One's 1/2nd Inf received small arms fire from several enemy in a bunker while moving to their ambush position. In the ensuing firefight, two enemy were killed. Elements of the 1/26th Inf, conducting a reconnaissance-in-force four miles SE of Lai Khe, made contact with four VC. The infantry were moving across a rice paddy when they sighted the enemy behind a paddy dike and killed one of the VC.
The source for this information was 6810AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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