Army Reporter information
for 9 INF DIV
MRF 9 INF
For date 680803
9 INF DIV was a US Army unit
MRF 9 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 3 Aug 1968 issue.
The 9th Inf Div killed 11 enemy and found the bodies of 53 enemy that had been killed in previous contacts several days before. Operations 16 miles SW of Saigon resulted in the discovery of 46 enemy who were killed in previous action. The total body count for the action now stands at 76 enemy killed. The soldiers also found nine individual weapons and six crew served, including four mortars. In other actions soldiers of the MRF found seven enemy bodies during a sweep of the area of a previous battle 59 miles south of Saigon. The seven enemy dead raised the body count to 55 enemy killed in the action. Div soldiers and supporting airstrikes killed five enemy in scattered contacts as the 9th hit suspected enemy hideouts in the Mekong Delta. Elements of the 4/39th Inf killed two VC and detained five suspects six miles NW of Cai Lay. The soldiers also captured several weapons and small arms ammunition.
The source for this information was 6808AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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