Army Reporter information
for 9 INF DIV
From date 681016 to 681022
9 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Go Con
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 4 Nov 1968 issue which covered the Oct 16-22 period.
Ninth Inf Div soldiers killed 59 enemy soldiers in a two-day operation with a total of 120 of the enemy killed during the week. In a two-day operation begun Friday, the 9th Inf established contact with the enemy and after the action ceased, discovered 59 enemy bodies in addition to 1,087 VC plastic and rubber gas masks and 500 pounds of medical supplies. Units from the 1st Bde killed 13 VC in three separate actions around Can Duoc. In action 10 miles NW of Vinh Long, helicopter crews reported killing 17 VC. The air cavalrymen also detained four suspects. A reconnaissance element from the 1/16th Inf, operating with the 9th, found 600 pounds of rice buried in the mud and hastily abandoned by the VC during that action. Operating from air-cushion vehicles, tango boats and on foot, infantrymen from the 3/39th Inf killed two VC and detained eight suspects 10 miles north of Go Cong. In one day's major action elements of the 3rd Bde killed 10 VC and detained one suspect 40 miles west of Dong Tam. Action began when an element of the 1/16th Inf while clearing and destroying enemy bunkers in the area, discovered a well camouflaged VC field hospital. A search of the hastily abandoned area revealed numerous medical supplies.
The source for this information was 6811AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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