Army Reporter information
for 1 BDE 101 ABN

From date 710228 to 710306


1 BDE 101 ABN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tri Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Gio Linh
Description: 22Mar71- Vietnam communiqué Feb. 28- Mar. 6 101st Abn Div In Quang Tri Province of Military Region 1 during the evening of Feb. 28, an element of the 1st Bde., 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), while in a night defensive position one mile west of Gio Linh, received fewer than 30 rounds of 82mm mortar fire. The incident resulted in light casualties with no fatalities and no materiel damage. Two significant indirect fire attacks occurred in Military Region 1 against an element of the 1st Bde in a defensive position two miles northwest of Gio Linh. The first attack occurred early in the morning of March 2 when the unit received fewer than 15 round of 82mm mortar fire. Fifteen additional rounds were received later in the afternoon. Casualties were light with no fatalities and no materiel damage. In air operations over Laos in support of Operation Lam Son 719, on the morning of March 2, helicopter gunships of the 101st, while on a visual reconnaissance mission 18 miles southwest of Lao Bao in Savannakhet Province, observed an enemy storage depot with numerous huts, bunkers and storage pits. The enemy area was engaged with onboard ordnance and artillery fire. One enemy five-ton truck was destroyed and numerous secondary explosions and sustained fires were observed. There were no friendly casualties.

The source for this information was 7103AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines


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