Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 23 INF DIV
123 AVN
For date 681008
23 INF DIV was a US Army unit
123 AVN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: The following is an edited version from the Americal Daily News Sheets Vol. 2. No. 173 Wednesday October 9.
CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - Americal Division units reported light scattered contacts their southern I Corps Tactical Zone yesterday. Division forces accounted for seven VC and one NVA killed, four individual weapons captured and 15 suspects detained.
Scattered action in Quang Ngai Province yesterday resulted in three VC killed, 10 suspects detainee, and three individual weapons captured by 11th Inf. Bde. "Jungle Warriors".
Yesterday morning "Sykes Regulars" of a 1st Bn., 20 Inf. company combined with "Aero Scouts" of the 123d Avn. Bn. to kill one VC and capture his carbine near a trail 11 miles northeast of Quang Ngai City.
Later yesterday morning three miles north of Duc Pho, "Always First" troops of a 3d Bn., 1st Inf. company engaged and killed one VC with hand grenades. One M-1 rifle was captured in that action near rice paddies.
Yesterday afternoon another company from the 3d Bn., 1st Inf. killed one fleeing VC and captured his AK-47 rifle seven miles northwest of Duc Pho.
One 3d Bn., 1st Inf. company detained four VC sympathizers near a village two miles north of Duc Pho.
A 1st Bn., 20th Inf. company detained two VC suspects near a village 13 miles northeast of Quang Ngai City.
In other action "Old Guard" soldiers of the 4th Bn., 3d Inf. combined with "Aero Scouts" of the 123d Avn. Bn. to detain four VC suspects eight miles south of Duc Pho.
In the 196th Inf. Bde.'s area of operations "Charger" units killed two VC and one NVA and captured one individual weapon.
A 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company engaged and killed one VC with small arms fire eight miles southwest of Hoi An. Near the same site another 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company killed one VC and captured his AK-47 rifle.
A 4th Bn., 31st Inf. company engaged and killed one NVA 13 miles southwest of Hoi An.
The 198th Inf. Bde. reported two VC killed in their area of operations yesterday.
A Combined Action Platoon operating south of Chu Lai came under heavy automatic weapons fire yesterday morning. The platoon called artillery from the 198th's 1st Bn., 14th Arty., resulting in two VC killed.
A 1st Bn., 52d Inf. company found a spider hole complex west of Chu Lai yesterday. A small assortment of food and supplies were found in the complex. Later in the same area the unit destroyed a booby-trapped Chicom grenade. Another 1st Bn., 52d Inf. company detained five VC suspects in the Burlington Trail area yesterday.
"Regulars" of the 1st Bn., 6th Inf. held three MEDCAPs; "Professionals" of the 1st Bn., 46th Inf. held one, and the 5th Bn., 46th Inf. held two. A total of 586 Vietnamese civilians were treated during the six MEDCAPs.
The 1st Sqdn., 1st Armored Cav. reported negative contact in their area of operations yesterday.
Americal Division forces suffered three soldiers killed and 34 wounded and evacuated for medical treatment.
The source for this information was NEWS6810.AML & AVN supplied by Les Hines
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