Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 23 INF DIV
123 AVN
71 AHC
174 AHC
For date 681009
23 INF DIV was a US Army unit
123 AVN was a US Army unit
71 AHC was a US Army unit
174 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: The following is an edited version from the Americal Daily News Sheets Vol. 2. No. 174 Thursday October 10.
CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - Thirteen VC and two NVA were killed, two individual weapons were captured, and 15 suspects were detained by Americal Division soldiers and supporting units in the southern I Corps Tactical Zone yesterday.
In the 196th Inf. Bde.'s area of operations "Charger" units killed six VC and two NVA and captured one individual weapon.
A 4th Bn., 31st Inf. company spotted three VC 17 miles west of Tam Ky. The "Gimlets" engaged the enemy, killing one and detaining two VC.
An NVA threw a grenade at troops of a 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company from his concealed position yesterday. The "Gimlets" immediately fired into the position, killing the NVA. One AK-47 rifle was captured in that action. The troops later killed one VC in the same area.
The reconnaissance element of the 4th Bn., 21st Inf. engaged and killed two VC with small arms fire five miles south of Hoi An. In the same area another company of the battalion engaged a group of VC, killing one.
Gunships of the 71st Avn. Co. firing in support of a sniffer mission yesterday killed one NVA 19 miles west of Tam Ky.
A 2d Bn., 1st Inf. company spotted a group of VC running from a hut 15 miles northwest of Tam Ky. The enemy was engaged, resulting in one VC killed.
11th Bde. infantrymen reported five VC killed, 15 VC suspects detained, and one individual weapon captured as scattered contacts continued yesterday in Quang Ngai Province.
"Shark" gunships of the 174th Avn. Co. killed two VC near Highway 1 in the 4th Bn., 3d Inf. area of operations, one mile northwest of Duc Pho.
"Always First" soldiers of a 3d Bn., 1st Inf. company killed one VC and captured his M-1 carbine 10 miles northwest of Duc Pho. Near huts five miles west of Duc Pho, troops of another 3d Bn., 1st Inf. company killed a VC. Miscellaneous documents were found on the dead VC's body. Later another VC was killed near the same site by the company.
The reconnaissance element of the 1st Bn., 20th Inf. detained three VC suspects 11 miles northeast of Quang Ngai City.
Reconnaissance troops of the 3d Bn., 1st Inf. detained two VC suspects, who were carrying medical supplies, five miles north of Duc Pho.
Yesterday morning "Sykes Regulars" of a 1st Bn., 20th Inf. company detained five VC suspects 11 miles northeast of Quang Ngai City.
In an area centered seven miles north of Quang Ngai City, "Aero Scouts" of the 123d Avn. Bn. working with infantrymen of the 1st Bn. 20th Inf. detained two VC suspects in two separate actions.
Yesterday afternoon the 4th Bn., 3d Inf. command and control helicopter detained one VC suspect one mile west of Duc Pho.
The 198th Inf. Bde. reported two VC killed in their area of operations yesterday.
A Combined Action Patrol found two VC bodies in the Chu Lai area yesterday. The VC had been killed by artillery fire from a 1st Bn., 82d Arty. Battery.
"Dragoons" of the 1st Sqdn., 1st Armored Cav. reported no contacts in their area of operations yesterday.
Americal Division losses were five wounded and evacuated for medical treatment.
Four young Vietnamese women trained by 1st Bn., 6th Inf. medical personnel held their first MEDCAP yesterday, and treated 241 Vietnamese.
Less than a week ago the girls were "graduated" during a ceremony at Ly Tin District Headquarters. They had completed two weeks of intensive instruction in the basics of medicine and hygiene.
Other "Brave and Bold" units combined forces to bring the days total to 801 Vietnamese treated during six MEDCAPs.
The source for this information was NEWS6810.AML & AVN supplied by Les Hines
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