Army Reporter information
for 199 LIB
B/7/1 CAV

For date 680928


199 LIB was a US Army unit
B/7/1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Saigon
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 28 Sep 1968 issue. Redcatchers from the 199th LIB continued reconnaissance-in-force operations south of Saigon. A light fire team from B/7/1st Air Cavalry returned ground fire, killing two VC. The helicopter crew was flying support for ground units of the 199th. Elements of the 2/3rd Inf detained 24 suspects and units of the 5/12th Inf detained five during operations SE of Saigon.

The source for this information was 6809AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines


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