Army Reporter information
for 101 ABN DIV
3 BDE 82 ABN
2/17 CAV 101 ABN
For date 681005
101 ABN DIV was a US Army unit
3 BDE 82 ABN was a US Army unit
2/17 CAV 101 ABN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation NEVADA EAGLE
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Hue
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 5 Oct 1968 issue.
During the week Screaming Eagles of the 101st Abn Div encountered scattered resistance and reported killing 59 enemy soldiers. In scattered contact in Operation Nevada Eagle paratroopers from the 101st Abn Div and 3rd Bde, 82nd Abn Div killed 22 enemy soldiers. A reconnaissance team operating seven miles SE of Hue killed four VC soldiers and captured two individual weapons during a brief clash with a small enemy force. Helicopter crewmen from the 2/17th Cav reported killing six enemy two miles east of Hue. In the same area, soldiers from the 2/505th Abn killed another. Various elements of the 1/505th Abn killed five NVA soldiers in a series of encounters. Gunship crews from the 101st AHB, flying mission in support of an ARVN company south of Hue, engaged and reported killing 10 enemy. Another fire team from the battalion reported killing one enemy while supporting a combined action east of Hue.
The source for this information was 6810AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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