Pacific Stars and Stripes information
for 11 ACR
1 CAV
For date 700416
11 ACR was a US Army unit
1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Tay Ninh Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Tay Ninh
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "U.S. Loses 3 Choppers - Reds Pounded in Border Clashes."
Saigon - Vietnamese Regional Forces soldiers defending their villages and families on the Cambodian border 45 miles northwest of Saigon, killed 90 enemy soldiers early Tuesday. To the north in Tay Ninh Province, an 11th Armored Cav. Regt. element smashed another enemy unit in heavy jungle fighting two miles from Cambodia, while throughout the country three more U.S. helicopters were lost to enemy fire, Allied spokesmen said. ARVN officials report the 11th Armored Cav. battle began shortly after noon Monday when lead reconnaissance elements spotted and opened up on enemy troops who returned fire with rocket propelled grenades. (Unintelligible) to knock out the U.S. armored vehicles. As the Blackhorse crewmen raked the enemy with heavy machine guns and tank main gun rounds, F100 Super Sabres from Bien Hoa and Tuy Hoa air bases dive-bombed enemy positions in the heavy jungle 29 miles northeast of Tay Ninh City. The enemy finally withdrew, leaving behind 31 dead, according to U.S. spokesmen, who said the U.S. forces suffered no casualties. Also along the Cambodian border, several RF companies operating with armored personnel carriers in the dried up marshes 80 miles west of Saigon ran into an enemy element and weapons workshop, ARVN officials reported. They said the RF troops, aided by air strikes and gunships, killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 11 others. The RF troops also destroyed two generators 1,000 kerosene cans, 4,500 home-made grenades, 1,000 pounds of TNT, and 30 pounds of chemical phosphorus, according to ARVN spokesmen. First Air Cav. helicopter gunships accounted for another 28 enemy dead after they were fired upon by Communist anti-aircraft fire nine miles from the Cambodian border, 22 miles northeast of Tay Ninh City, U.S. officials reported. U.S. officials reported that three helicopters, a CH47 Chinook, a UH1B, and a OH6 light observation helicopter, were shot down Monday, bringing to 1,563 the number of choppers lost to enemy fire over South Vietnam since 1961. The Chinook was downed in Quang Tri Province 100 miles northwest of Da Nang, killing one man aboard and injuring eight others. The LOH was shot down in the Mekong Delta region near Cat Be 52 miles southwest of Saigon and the Huey went down 130 miles south-southwest of Da Nang in the northern coastal province of Binh Dinh, according to U.S. spokesmen. Also in the northern coastal area, enemy troops rampaged through the Binh Lien hamlet 65 miles southeast of Da Nang, setting fire to and destroying 52 civilian homes, according to ARVN spokesmen, who said there were no casualties reported. Throughout the country during the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, a total of 45 enemy indirect fire attacks were reported to Allied commanders, 14 of which were directed against U.S. units. Seventeen of the attacks resulted in casualties or damage and U.S. units suffered a total of four men killed and 27 wounded in the attacks.
The source for this information was 7004pss.avn supplied by Les Hines 02/02/2000
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