operation report information
for 1/12 INF
4 INF DIV
For date 670712
1/12 INF was a US Army unit
4 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation FRANCIS MARION
Pleiku Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Description: As part of FRANCIS MARION, the 1/12th Inf, 4th Inf Div ran into a hard fight with the 66th NVA Regt. B Co was attempting to reinforce a surrounded platoon but was driven from the field toward its fire base. The rest of the battalion combined to stop the NVA assault.
The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:157+
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.
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05/13/2023