Army Reporter information
for 101 ABN DIV
B/101 AVN 101 ABN
For date 680803
101 ABN DIV was a US Army unit
B/101 AVN 101 ABN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Hue
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 3 Aug 1968 issue.
The 101st Abn Div experienced a week of moderate fighting killing 58 enemy soldiers. Gunship crews of B/101st Avn Bn reported killing seven enemy in an engagement five miles east of Hue. The light fire team was supporting a combat assault when the crews spotted seven enemy trying to escape along a trail and engaged them with minigun fire and grenades. A long range patrol discovered an enemy force in a basecamp SW of Hue. The infantrymen called in airstrikes and helicopter gunships. Eight enemy were killed in the action. Troopers of the 1/501st Inf discovered a cache containing 25 tons of rice while conducting reconnaissance-in-force operations north of Hue.
The source for this information was 6808AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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