Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 23 INF DIV
123 AVN
174 AHC

For date 681015


23 INF DIV was a US Army unit
123 AVN 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. 180 Wednesday October 16. CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - Americal Division forces accounted for nine VC killed and 23 VC suspects detained in the southern I Corps area yesterday. The 11th Inf. Bde. reported six VC killed and 17 VC suspects detained in their area of operations yesterday. A 4th Bn., 3d Inf. company detained 16 VC suspects in an area centered three miles south of Duc Pho. Another 4th Bn., 3d Inf. company detained one VC suspect four miles southeast of Duc Pho. "Always First" soldiers of a 3d Bn., 1st Inf. company killed two VC in an area centered six miles northwest of Duc Pho. "Shark" gunships of the 174th Avn. Co., supporting the 4th Bn., 3d Inf. three miles south of Duc Pho killed one VC. A 1st Bn., 20th Inf. company killed two VC in separate actions nine miles east of Quang Ngai City. Later near the same site another company of the battalion killed one VC. "Charger" units of the 196th Inf. Bde. killed three VC in the Operations Wheeler/Wallowa area yesterday. In action 10 miles south of Chu Lai a 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company engaged two VC, killing one. In two separate incidents the 2d Bn., 1st Inf. command and control helicopter killed two VC 17 miles northwest of Tam Ky. Units of the 198th Inf. Bde. detained three VC suspects in their area of operations yesterday. "Aero Scouts of the 123d Avn. Bn. detained three VC suspects in separate incidents south of Chu Lai. A 5th Bn., 46th Inf. company commanded by CPT Herbert A. Walter (Columbus, GA) uncovered a cache of 10 M-79 rounds, 13 M-16 AP mines, and a booby trapped M-14 mine in the Chu Lai area. Later in the day another company of the battalion led by CPT George L. Harmon (Dothan, AL) found and destroyed a booby-trapped 155mm round. In the Burlington Trail area a 1st Bn., 52d Inf. company led by CPT Jack W. Sorensen (Council Bluffs, IA) found and destroyed three booby traps. The 1st Sqdn., 1st Armored Cav reported three VC suspects detained in the Operation Burlington Trail area yesterday by its "C" Trp. One Americal soldier was killed and nine wounded and evacuated for medical treatment yesterday. The 198th Inf. Bde. reached a milestone yesterday. The "Brave and Bold" soldiers treated their 100,000th Vietnamese under the MEDCAP program the 1000,000th patient was treated in less than one year since the brigade has been in the Republic of Vietnam. A young Vietnamese woman trained by the 1st Bn., 6th Inf. treated the 100,000th patient. At the same time, not far away, an Americal Division Veterinarian and Vet technicians from the 52d Inf. Plt. (Scout Dog) were holding their second VETCAP in the 198th's area of operations.

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