Army Reporter information
for 1 CAV DIV
For date 681019
1 CAV DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation JEB STUART III
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Camp Evans
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 19 Oct 1968 issue.
Elements of the 1st Cav Div turned up several rice caches, killed seven VC and detained 13 suspects found in a bunker during a day of activity as part of Operation Jeb Stuart III. The week's total of enemy killed by members of the Div in light fighting was 17. South Vietnamese PF, working with elements of the 2/7th Cav, engaged VC forces in a graveyard six miles NE of Camp Evans. The VC, who were bunkered in a sandy area, were quickly flushed out by the Vietnamese soldiers. Seven VC were killed in the action.
The source for this information was 6810AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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