Army Reporter information
for A/7/1 CAV
From date 681027 to 681103
A/7/1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Phong Binh Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Phong Dinh
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 18 Nov 1968 issue.
Gunners and pilots of the 1st Avn Bde killed 156 enemy in a week of light contact. Troop carrying slicks from A/7/1st Cavalry flew two mission carrying Vietnamese troops into the Phong Ding Province for a raid on a suspected VC command post. At the end of the mission the helicopter crews lifted the troops out along with a quantity of captured medicine and 28 confirmed VC detainees.
The source for this information was 6811AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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