Army Reporter information
for 9 INF DIV
3/5 CAV
Location = Mo Cay
3/34 ARTY
From date 681027 to 681103
9 INF DIV was a US Army unit
3/5 CAV was a US Army unit
3/34 ARTY was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Kien Hoa Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Truc Giang
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 18 Nov 1968 issue.
Soldiers of the 9th Inf Div killed 138 in a week of moderate contact with the enemy. The 9th Inf Div and supporting elements killed 43 VC in widely scattered actions late Nov 3 and 4. In the heaviest action, troopers from the 3/5th Cav along with Air Force tactical airstrikes and artillery accounted for 23 enemy killed in scattered actions centered in Mo Cay and Truc Giang Districts in Kien Hoa Province. A total of 14 of the enemy killed and 94 bunkers and 65 structures destroyed were credited to the airstrikes while artillery from the 3/34th Arty accounted for seven enemy killed.
The source for this information was 6811AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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