Army Reporter information
for 101 ABN DIV
2/17 CAV
From date 681216 to 681222
101 ABN DIV was a US Army unit
2/17 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation NEVADA EAGLE
South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 6 Jan 1969 issue.
101st Airborne Division soldiers and supporting elements killed 39 of the enemy during the past week.
On Dec 21 the Screaming Eagles reported killing 16 enemy in several encounters as Operation Nevada Eagle continued.
Gunship crews of the 2/17th Air Cav reported killing five VC near Phu Loc after ground troops of the 2/327th Abn marked the area with smoke grenades.
Elements of the 1/502nd Abn killed one VC six miles northeast of Hue, while four enemy bodies were found by soldiers of the same battalion in the same area.
Southeast of Camp Eagle, elements of the 2/502nd Abn engaged 15 enemy. the encounter resulted in two enemy dead and two individual weapons captured.
Six other enemy were killed in scattered actions elsewhere.
The source for this information was 6901AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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