Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 11 BDE 23 INF
C/7/17 CAV
1/1 CAV

For date 680319


11 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
C/7/17 CAV was a US Army unit
1/1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, north of Mo Duc
Description: The following is an edited version from the Americal Daily News Sheets Vol. 1 No. 335 dated March 20. AMERICAL DIVISION NEWS CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - A lull in fighting was reported by Americal forces yesterday as division units recorded 14 Viet Cong killed and two individual weapons captured. Two Americal soldiers were killed and 19 evacuated for treatment. PSYOPS aircraft dropped 3.5 million leaflets throughout the division yesterday. Eleven tactical air strikes were flown in support of Americal forces resulting in four structures, 16 automatic weapons positions destroyed and 20 meters of trench opened-up Enemy activity tapered off yesterday as elements of Americal's 196th Brigade killed five VC throughout their area of Operation Wheeler/Wallowa. In two MEDCAPs yesterday "Charger" soldiers treated 288 Vietnamese. A company of the 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry commanded by CPT Cecil H. Oxford (Corpus Christi, TX) killed one VC who was carrying an M-26 hand grenade and some documents. Another company of the "Gimlets" led by CPT Dennis A. Leach (Fairmont, MN) destroyed an automatic weapons position and 30 meters of trench. An Americal Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol killed one VC after receiving automatic weapons fire and another patrol called in artillery to account for another kill. An observation aircraft spotted an enemy position and called for artillery which accounted for one kill. "C" Troop 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry was responsible for one VC kill while flying in general support of ground units. Americal's 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry recorded five enemy kills in Operation Wheeler/Wallowa near Tam Ky yesterday. A troop of the 1st Cavalry on a Search and destroy mission 12 miles northeast of Tam Ky killed one VC and "C" Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry's gunships killed the other four while flying in close support of the troop. In Americal's 198th Brigade area of operations a company of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry set a hasty ambush and killed two VC. While searching the area the discovered one M-1 rifle and several hand grenades. They also captured a small amount of enemy medical supplies earlier in the day. MEDCAP teams of the "Brave and Bold" treated 289 Vietnamese yesterday. Americal's 11th Brigade soldiers recorded two enemy killed, 31 suspects detained and one weapon captured during operations yesterday. An aerial reconnaissance helicopter of the brigade's Primo Aviaiton Limited", piloted by CW-3 Gil Honda (Honolulu, HI), killed a VC in the evening while returning from a mission two miles north of Mo Duc. The Viet Cong's M-1 carbine along with several hand grenades and assorted web gear were captured. The "Jungle Warriors'" other kill occurred in the morning with a 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry company engaged a VC 10 miles northwest of Duc Pho. The unit led by CPT Ronald Tumelson (Red Bluff, CA) continued to search the area and detained 10 suspects. Sixteen additional suspects were also apprehended by the "Always First" Battalion, and five punji pits were destroyed. Five more suspects were detained by brigade elements in the Duc Pho and Operation Muscatine areas. The 14th Aviation Battalion flew 1,020 sorties, carried 2,394 combat troops and hauled 969 tons of cargo in support of the Americal Division yesterday. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM GENERAL WESTMORELAND Operation Muscatine contact northeast of Quang Ngai city on 16 March dealt enemy heavy blow. Congratulations to officers and men of C/1/20 Inf and B/4/3 Inf for outstanding action.
Comments: CW3 Honda, Gil; 11 BDE pilot; ;

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