Army Reporter information
for 9 INF DIV
191 AHC
D/3/5 CAV
From date 681216 to 681222
9 INF DIV was a US Army unit
191 AHC was a US Army unit
D/3/5 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 6 Jan 1969 issue.
Soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division reported killing 154 enemy in a week of heavy fighting.
Old Reliable soldiers from the 9th Division saw contact heaviest on Dec 21 as they killed 47 in scattered contacts in the division's delta AOs.
Gunship crews of the 191st AHC reported killing 18 VC in scattered encounters supporting 1st Brigade elements. After being air-inserted, infantrymen from the 2/39th Inf killed two VC near Sa Dec.
Supporting the 3rd Brigade, gunship crews of D/3/5th Cavalry reported killing 14 VC after a Navy patrol boat received about 500 rounds of small arms fire 17 miles east of Tan An.
On Dec 18 9th Division soldiers along with supporting helicopter gunships killed 38 enemy.
Gunships supporting the 2nd Brigade's Mobile Riverine Force reported killing nine VC in scattered contacts as they operated throughout the Kien Hoa Province, while brigade ground troops reported killing six more.
The source for this information was 6901AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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