Army Reporter information
for 1 CAV DIV
For date 680803
1 CAV DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Camp Evans
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 3 Aug 1968 issue.
Soldiers of the 1st Air Cav killed 33 in a week of light contact with the enemy. The 2/8th Cav made contact with an enemy force seven miles west of Camp Evans. A 30-minute firefight ensured before the enemy withdrew leaving three bodies behind. Five miles further west, another element of the battalion fought a brief battle with an estimated enemy squad. The cavalrymen killed one NVA soldier and captured two assault rifles. They also apprehended two suspects. The night defensive position of an element of the 2/7th Cav received four mortar rounds at daybreak. One of the perimeter guards spotted the muzzle flash from the enemy tubes and immediately called in artillery. Later in the morning, a patrol sent out to sweep the area found two enemy bodies along with a number of bloodtrails.
The source for this information was 6808AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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