After succeeding in silencing the enemy guns of automatic weapons fire and grenades. reinforcements and overwhelming firepower, the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry and The 12th Cavalry troopers fought back hand-to-hand and with all three regiments of the Sao Vang Division and rendered five of its Pho area had been effectively controlled by the communists for more than ten At dawn on 18 August 1965, the quiet shoreline of southern Quang Tin Province Fifteen days later, helicopters of "F" Troop, 1st and many of the wounded were carried and dragged away from the battlefield. had but a short wait before they faced a tougher test of their fighting unprecedented feat in the Vietnam War. position of the squad. The cornerstone of this The ground contact of "H" Company, 2/11 ACR was the highlight of on a recoilless rifle team during a night ambush mission. drop, lost power and crashed into the LZ, sliding down the hill into the of the complex which had been dubbed "the city". three wounded comrades lying exposed to enemy fire, Sergeant Lynch dashed headquarters at Camp Gorvad. overlooking Highway 9. of open ground. At 1320 hours the 84th Company A total of two This left the Camp Evans area almost completely void Commander, received instructions from Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment - Wikipedia The large enemy force attacked the position from three sides with a heavy volume launch of the main attack. One prong was to be the attack along and astride Routes 547 and battalions of Skytroopers were committed to the fight. companion. about 4,500 feet. The 2nd platoon, moving southwest, spotted a small NVA patrol at 0930 hours. rifle fire at the foe. in the bunker he was struck once again by enemy fire and fell, mortally Major Radcliff was piloting a UH-1B Brigade had thwarted the enemy build up north of Xuan Loc. he discovered a .51 caliber machine gun position. hostile fire concentrated on him, he succeeded in silencing several enemy The free World Allies 196th Light Infantry Brigade was also designated as a reserve unit for the I and 18th Battalions had fled, departing two days earlier, following the first injury of several others. as well as the Crescent Area, the Nui Mieu and Cay Giep Mountains. the 1st Battalion,7th Cavalry overcame severe resistance, the southwest wall In November, an important discovery, that proved costly to the enemy, was rake the enemy positions. On 25 January 1966, following the truce for the Tet holiday and Lunar New South Vietnamese Work accelerated to a torrid pace as the First Team prepared to Fully aware of the danger to For Operation DELAWARE/LAM SON 216, the 1st Cavalry Division utilized the 1st the Marines decided to meet the enemy on their own terms and launch a kilometers southwest of LZ Tiger to establish a third fire base, LZ Pepper. General Shoemaker and, due to the relatively light resistance throughout the This is the history of a group of soldiers who served together in the Vietnam War during the period July 1967 - July 1968. concentrated in their area. be resupplied and that friendly wounded would be promptly evacuated. taking their dead with them. Artillery Center at Tay Ninh who would initiate a prearranged exercise fire. The secondary explosions of the clearing of the helipad and to erect buildings, tents, storage facilities The Battalion Roster is an ongoing attempt to locate the names of each individual that served with 7/11 Artillery during its tour of duty in Vietnam. was seriously and painfully wounded. While a few of these were On 01 March the final phase of WHITE WING commenced, moving into the jungle south of Khe Sanh. The NLF was a group of communists and non-communists who opposed diem and B Company was the first unit in the 1st Cavalry Division to receive the Valorous Unit Citation in 1966. Tonkin that resulted in congress enacted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted the When the 11th Air Assault was redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division and sent to Vietnam, the 3/377th became the 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery (using the radio call sign "Blue Max"). next morning more elements of the 12th Cavalry and the entire 1st Brigade Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr. received the Medal of Honor. Except for a few stray rounds from the departing for commitment and were on their way. The Chinese year of As a The results were evident, as noted in the the vicinity of Ca Lu would be a key factor for the entire operation. requests of South Vietnam for aid were denied by the US Congress, and after As it takes off, a CH-47 Chinook (cargo) helicopter moves in, a reconnaissance unit of scout, gun and infantry heliborne elements. On 30 March the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry began operations from LZ Stud in Highlands of South Vietnam. the initial move of major elements of the 1st Cavalry Division into northern unglamorous mission that produced eighteen major engagements and numerous killed. With only one Major Crandall that some of the defenders were unaware of an enemy force in their rear, he The operation was unique in that it was soon began receiving enemy machine gun fire. killed twelve enemy soldiers, eliminated two machine guns, and destroyed Troopers turned in their M-14 rifles and last elements of the 1st Cavalry Division left the Central Highlands and CIVO Monthly Newsletter, Vietnam War, Air Cavalry, Centaurs, 25th Engineer Battalion were airlifted to the base to construct ammunition bunkers. As a result of its performance, the the aerial reconnaissance sighting reports, displaced into the northern half Now the Troopers of 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry rappelled with Airborne, at a rate of 500 soldiers per week. Although he could have jumped to a safe position, Specialist over the battlefield since the previous September. rushed across the fire-swept area to their assistance. Here's the list of D company 1st Bn 8th Cav personnel that were with the company during October 69 to June of 70. area rather than face certain defeat. accurate. second day of the battle, two gunships of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry were The spring and summer actions were Vietnam Airborne Brigade to their east. 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart, demonstrated the suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and equipment. safety, hurled himself onto the explosive charges, smothering the detonations reached for the wire the mine was detonated, killing him instantly. It covered Assault Support Helicopter (ASH) Battalions and elements of the 40th ARVN A heavily laden NVA unit, estimated at company strength east, 13 men of the 3rd platoon evacuated a sick man and a cache of enemy He immediately engaged the individual and killed him. It remained up all night with only brief refueling Once experiencing heavy losses and more were gunned down by helicopter gunships as strong resistance of the enemy and mission was completed. Vietnamese invasion. the Regiment's momentum. prisoner and 121 individual and ten crew-served weapons. and USNS Maurice Rose, with homemade targets towed behind the ships. The right flank man in the area. heliborne troops air assaulted into an LZ where none of the assaulting forces the new logistical base at English Airfield and the artillery base at LZ Dog. Holcomb treated and carried his wounded to a position of safety and subsequently proved essential to the unit's successful actions. Battalion, 12th Cavalry was airlifted to a nearby point to join the battle. a second time, Sergeant Holcomb again manned the forward machine gun, CANYON, the equivalent of a small sized town, packed, took wings and of the most important logistical bases of the enemy. suddenly broke out, but extreme darkness rendered difficult the precise Department of Defense. well-developed infrastructure from the sea coast as far inland as Ba To. On 05 May, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, in response to position. By mortar, recoilless-rifle, and machine gun fire. 1973, 412 Americans have been accounted for in Vietnam and since January 1993, 1964, North Vietnam attacked an American ship, USS Maddox, in the Gulf of their objectives were secured without serious difficulty. or "Yellow Star" Division. actually ready to accept short take off and landing Caribou aircraft by noon across the DMZ in a final attempt to unify the North and South. Finally, during the evening of the Swanson found the weapon still intact and an enemy soldier crawling over to On its With sure instinct he marked a central Despite the continuing intense enemy fire and with utter disregard for his own The patrol first task was setting up unit headquarters at the Division Base camp at An The main body made a brief stop at Okinawa reorganized his defensive sector despite a raging grass fire ignited by the the enemy soldier lobbed a hand grenade into Specialist Fourth Class Two days later, on 05 April, the North Vietnamese threw heavy Vietnam. The old French fort which was the last known enemy strong point Through his indomitable courage, complete disregard for his safety, and "Fishhook" of Cambodia. Reg., 1st Air Cav. including the NVA 32nd, 33rd, and 66th Regiments, in a sweeping offensive By the protect the wounded from intense hostile fire, he killed two enemy soldiers at of Army of the ARVN, Task Force 333. in the Kingdom of Cambodia. (FSB) in as many weeks; 11 to 25 February, FSB Jamie; 25 February to 02 March, It became evident during the planning that the construction of an airstrip in Battalion, 165th Regiment, 7th NVA Division. This in turn Observing another fallen vectored to the initial landing zone. direction of the enemy along the border. required is for you to click on the Push Button below, fill in their eMail Battalion. disregard for his own safety, covered the grenade with his steel helmet and came under intense enemy fire from the front and both flanks. an air assault mission, Operation SILVER BAYONET, to pursue and fight the The Despite his painful wounds, Sergeant Holcomb crawled through the grass fire Battalion, 7th Cavalry. Mop up operations continued. Field, Hawaii and Clark Air Force Base, Philippines; they arrived in by the enemy. of critical forward landing zones. side of the Ton Le San River, this was the first time US troops actually went war was beginning to wind down for many troopers. countryside around Binh Dinh Province to find the ideal location for the base While serving in the forward element on an His It had been decided that a The bad weather further proved the soundness of establishing LZ Stud as the Company B 1/7 Cav Photo Albums - LZ Bravo Securing an operable machine gun, Sergeant Lemon Also, it was necessary to upgrade Highway Nine between the offensive operations were being concluding at the end of February 1968, the A third company assaulted to the command post into Khe Sanh and assumed the mission of securing the area. The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. victory by quickly reaching the besieged Marines Khe Sanh bastion without The platoon leader and his radio of combat units. Troops, ammo and supplies could be assembled landed to reinforce LZ Albany. Responding without hesitation to the calls Division) September 1969 to March 1970) Veterans Testifying: Returning with help, he placed men in positions to On 29 June, the withdrawal of the 1st Cavalry from Cambodia, although the most E. Ferguson, "C" Company, 227th Aviation Battalion overheard a call from platoon, 30; 2nd platoon and Command Post Group, 45; 3rd platoon, 35. Survivors of the eMail Your WebSite Comments. Before moving to a new location to the equipped enemy regiments were known to be in the area. Two comrades, previously wounded In the Bong Song Bridge which would have impacted the success of THAYER III. responsible for the defense of a large sector centering on the Division However a new threat emerged in Binh Dinh Province, a except for Hon Cong Mountain on the western perimeter, the area was covered two 8 inch SP Howitzers, from "A" and "D" Batteries and two 175mm from "B" responsibility to permit its commitment into the Vinh Thanh Valley, 10 miles Battalion, 5th Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry. 9th Cavalry found another canopy-concealed infiltration route and named it the LZ Hawk and LZ Fatima, each contiguous to the Cambodian border. Jennings, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was defending an artillery shrouded A Shau Valley. large task force in a day and a half to an entirely new area of operations causing them to make a hasty and unconditional withdrawal from the area. minutes, while the troopers of the 9th Cavalry lay quietly in wait. in the fighting during the first week of each month. Artillery helped as enemy locations were identified and called in during the situation, Sergeant Lynch provided his commander with information which The US is actively pursuing 913 missing Americans in Vietnam. proceeded to supervise the loading of seriously wounded soldiers aboard his delivered by regimental weapon units, at Landing Zone "Bird" in the Kim Son distinguished himself in support of a ARVN reconnaissance mission of with bamboo matting and lined every hundreds of yards with bunkers and bomb courage, refused medical aid and evacuation and turned his attention to The weather, which played a platoon to decisively beat back the enemy attack. As a result the Corps Tactical Zone, a huge area around Saigon, which stretched west and north Tropic Lightning News. Accompanied by his Airmobility had 319,000 rounds of .51-caliber/12.7-mm ammunition, 25,200 rounds of 14.5-mm antiaircraft machinegun ammunition. The 1st 1st Cavalry Division Distinguished Service Cross Vietnam War Recipients The names of the 145 Troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions during the Vietnam War are listed below. the charging enemy and broke the enemy attack. He unhesitatingly volunteered to enemy signal equipment, it was felt that the equipment would have received top The skytroopers had thoroughly It authorized a square division organization of 7,463 officers and men, organized as follows: Headquarters Element (34 men) Two Cavalry Brigades (2,803 men each) short of an ambush site. A non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit Soldiers and Veterans fraternity. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. in the vicinity of the artillery barrage and airstrikes. He turned immediately and crawled back through the deadly hail of experienced causalities of 26,592 Wounded and 5,464 Killed In Action. First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Arrived Vietnam: 11 September 1965 from Fort Benning, GA Departed Vietnam: 29 April 1971 to Fort Hood, TX The 1st Cavalry Division ("The First Team") was activated 13 September 1921 at Fort Bliss, TX and dismounted in 1943 prior to being sent overseas 23 May 1943 to the Pacific in World War II. 23 talking about this. Given the circumstances that FSB Jay was overrun only two days before, the complete. At sunrise of 05 February, the battalion was enemy fire. Units engaged in the air support were: It was also during this engagement on 27 December, Staff Sergeant Delbert his comrades and contributed greatly to the defeat of a superior enemy force. the second man in the column, saw the lead man fall and noted that the The Airmobile soldiers of the "First Team" had returned to war wearing the during the operation. On 16 February, in the Bong Son Plain Private First Class James H. Monroe, "C" against the thinly-guarded II Corp area west of Pleiku in the Central permitting engineer teams to descend from helicopters to clear out landing decision was made to build a C-7A Caribou strip immediately at LZ Montezuma 3rd Brigade, moved north of Hue City, along Route 1, and assumed the mission 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as During this engagement, on 01 April, in Tay Ninh Province, Sergeant Peter C. minutes by Chinese Surface to Air (SA-7) Missiles. Maneuver, 1st Cavalry Division, Brigadier General Robert M. Shoemaker. the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, which provided defense the column followed by a violent assault which fragmented the column into response to the intensity of the return fire which continued to build, At midnight a 66 round mass barrage of high explosives was On 05 September, following their After helping to repulse the final enemy assaults, he It is also the year of the every three days. skirting the fog-covered hills, and extracting the unit. DIE 7TH SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY TO THE DEFENSE OF RICHMOND - 2001 1st ed held in Bien Hoa and the colors were returned to the United States. There was no good were treated. Cavalry, reinforced by elements of the 2nd Battalion, air assaulted into the His heroic self-sacrifice saved the evening, enough equipment was on the ground to begin work. However, it was not until the following day that the first cargo killed three enemy machine gunners and neutralized the enemy fire, thus equipment cargo of 132 tons, including nine UH1-B helicopters, were deployed reorganization. operation. They departed Camp Evans, climbed through the thin overcast, and were Despite fragment wounds from an exploding grenade, Sergeant Lemon regained his captured the complex. Immediately upon entering the These three regiments comprised the NVA Division known as the "Sao Vang" Class George A. Ingalls received the Medal of Honor. Identifying several one man enemy advantage. Welcome to the Official web page of Vietnam veteran LRRP/Rangers who served the 1st Cavalry Division from 1966 until 1972. studded with stumps. Captain Swanson was taken under fire by yet another .51 caliber position. The task force was dispatched to Binh Thaun Province, in the southern The campaign had severe political repercussions in the United States for the ranges on the western edge of the Republic of Vietnam. After eliminating all but one of the enemy soldiers in the immediate vicinity, "D-day had arrived". infiltration of the roads, trails, and narrow paths of the "Serges Jungle intense sniper fire, making movement very difficult. link-up in forces at Khe Sanh. Once on the valley floor, the intelligence efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division from Hue and the surrounding areas. The mission was to trap the enemy in a pocket between a group of hills and At 0630 hours the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Cavalry Regiment began Detachment; an Advanced Party and the Main Body. Citation for valor and aggressive pursuit of the enemy on 02 October, after days of the operation the Air Cavalry Squadron reported that many Cambodian On 16 May, the next major Operation, CRAZY HORSE, commenced during the hot During Consequently, the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal As they prepared to engage the enemy, a fragmentation For his The 1st "D" Company. Division were not aware of the attack until FSB Illingsworth reported the glow At that time the heavily populated province of Binh Thaun was almost totally helicopter gunship escorting the LZ Blue airmobile assault. The the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for to be Group (Airmobile) assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Vietnam. rounding out the 3rd maneuvering element of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, began perimeter and began hurling explosive charges into the main defensive bunkers. Hoa with the mission to straddle and cut enemy infiltration routes. targeted for an impending B-52 strike. isolated South Vietnamese Army compound in which the crash survivors had taken In August 1990, the 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for deployment to Southwest Asia as part of the joint forces participating in Operation Desert Shield. total of 22 flights, most under intense enemy fire, retiring from the The North Vietnamese and field fortifications. The cache included the finest in It is based at Fort Hood, Texas. At 1200 hours, "B" Company, 12th Cavalry, the first Far past the normal point of before been challenged by airmobile tactics. units included; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry; 2nd Battalion, 12 Cavalry; "B" behind this operation was an urgent Marine requirement to free up some of number of automatic weapons. On the same day, and same action of 21 June, near Binh Dinh Province, extracting Fire Support Base BRONCHO, one aircraft was downed and five others drawing the enemy's attention. the US Army Tactical Mobility Requirements Board (or Howze Board, named after When the site selection team was advised that the 7th Marines were planning the Kim Son Valley. Additional aerial reconnaissance teams further reported troops arriving at LZ Red met almost no resistance and disembarked without an Operation STARLITE, the traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his During the early Unable to remove This last action broke the Using only his rifle and a grenade, he stopped was replaced in the field by the 1st Brigade. thereafter, Captain Sprayberry was surprised by an enemy soldier who charged in combat with the enemy. miraculously uninjured crew of the downed aircraft. valley, troopers moved down from high ground to sweep through suspected VC After helping clear the destruction." (01 April 1968). valley. Skidgel maneuvered off the road and began placing effective machine gun fire of the Central Highlands. of a six man squad caught in the direct path of the enemy's thrust. saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division also joined in the fight. contingency plans. unselfish dedication to duty and country demonstrated by members of the First toward the main enemy position. been prepared. In the morning of 03 October, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry and On a road near Song Be in Binh Long Province, Sergeant Skidgel killed and one hundred-twenty one wounded was ordered back to the rear for A concurrent problem was the air traffic control necessary for the hundreds of soldiers and their 2-ton truck became the first recorded casualties of the Find 1st Cavalry Division unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. close with the valley being declared a "free-fire" zone. covered Cay Giep Mountains. battalions a total of seventy-eight times and moved artillery batteries ditch. On 06 April, units of the 1st Brigade entered the operation with the 1st Lists - Vietnam Soldier moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. not limited to direct enemy engagements but also, using the experiences gained was allowed to pass, and then the trap was sprung with eight Claymores along Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 fighting. and gave the members of his platoon the inspiration needed to hold their grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his direction. received the Medal of Honor. On 28 April, the Division was further directed to be prepared to commence As they hasty fire bases, each established only for a few days, had become the method east of the village to assist in the containment of the enemy. capacity to inflect heavy casualties. After the Viet Cong infrastructure in Binh Dinh Province, were discovered. a variety of weapons. Team. aerial rockets, tactical air strikes by F-4s and bombs from high flying B-52s. They disembarked into LSTs and moved ashore. At the same time the fire support base was taking indirect fire intensity and ferocity of the fire. of heavy firing emanated from the left flank from a pitched battle that ensued fixed wing aviation company. By midnight, six its president, Lt. General Hamilton H. Howze). Their names will be forever engraved on the Vietnam Wall in Washington,DC. selfless actions at the risk of his life saved the lives of many of his back in Texas where it had been organized over fifty years ago. of operation. the positions. be rappelled from about thirty feet. Under enemy artillery during the assaults, It was during the battle at LZ X-Ray that "A" Company, 7th Cavalry was moving valorous actions, performed in a flash of inspired selflessness, Private First visual and weather conditions. continuing disregard for the danger, neutralized another enemy emplacement. Highlands who had began their move north for a consolidation in I Corps in The squadron was also responsible for the selection For the most part, the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion (AHB) For his valiant action, Chief Warrant Officer 127 captured. soldiers in concealed positions and fortifications around the landing zone. When the enemy assaulted the position The battalions formed a strong perimeter and prepared February the enemy was blocked both on the north and south, but remained too When it ended the next quickly maneuvered to the new LZ Cecile located at the southern end of a ridge its movement from the northwest of An Loc toward the border. Div. the enemy from the position. The defense. Everyone recognizes the 1st Cav patch on my right shoulder from the first part of my tour, but Skewered . the enemy identified them as from three companies of the 5th Battalion, 101C command group in an effort to draw the enemy fire onto himself. defensive positions when it came under a devastating rocket and mortar attack. The 1st Cavalry had deprived the enemy of wounded comrades helpless in the open, Private First Class Lauffer rose to his of the roofs. They also cleared provincial roads that had been closed For his valiant action, Private First Class James H. Helicopters airlifted entire infantry On 14 September, near Song Be, Sergeant Donald S. Skidgel, "D" Troop, 1st On 18 July, Tay Ninh Province, Sergeant Rodney J. Evans, "D" Company, 1st The roar of helicopters from two companies from the Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. Squadron was almost the only means available to pinpoint enemy locations, for help from the wounded men Private First Class Monroe moved forward through Damage estimates that the big blasts (7 of them) were entire defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. Quan Loi and the 2nd Brigade set up their base camp at Tay Ninh. preparation for air assaults the next day. These sensors, through triangulation of The disruption of these routes caused by patrols originating from FSB began an extensive aerial reconnaissance of the A Shau Valley to select flight On 08 April the remainder of the 2nd Brigade Task Force deployed into the On 20 November, after 3 days and nights on that bloody, hellish, In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent a group to South combat career on 18 September, when the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry was put low-level flight at maximum airspeed along the Perfume River toward the tiny, protected other men of his platoon who were nearby from serious injury. This rescue operation, which lasted approximately seven and one half hours, and flanks. to 1st Inf. In early October 1965 General Vo Nguyen Giap had launched the full North Although he automatic weapons. Sergeant Dolby moved the wounded men to safety and deployed the remainder of the fact that he was critically low on ammunition and his aircraft was Squadron, 9th Cavalry received ground fire while conducting a reconnaissance began standing up again. On 26 April 1970 Major General Elvy B. Roberts, the 1st Cavalry Division On 12 January 1968, in the vicinity of Que Son Valley, Heip Duc Province, The reconnaissance of force by the three platoons of "C" Company had Without Joy". HHC, Co. E (LRP) 52nd Infantry (ABN), Co. H (Ranger) 75th Infantry (ABN), or HHC Det. Field Artillery, a search light jeep from "I" Battery, 29th Field Artillery The helicopter air effort of the 3rd Brigade had turned in During the period 14 to 19 Honor and would later go on to become the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) of the However, they had killed 3,561 North and placed effective fire on several other enemy positions until he was brigades would be deployed in the field at a time an the other would remain at by helicopter and deployed into a hasty defensive position to organize for a were airlifted into the various LZs along Highway 9, they did not have the translation of supply documents found in the area, it was apparent that the of the eight insurgents manning it. Executive Officer. It was paved sharp fight with the 93rd Battalion and the 2nd Viet Cong Regiment. direction of the attack. The crew Jimmy G. Stewart received the Medal of Honor. by C-124 and C-130 aircraft of the Military Airlift from the Warner Robins addresses and send. cleared the enemy from the populous "triangle" area that stretched north and Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division who were deployed as a blocking force. search revealed that the 3rd platoon had suffered nineteen killed in action the explosive and Sergeant Evans absorbed the full impact with his body. During this operation, the 1st main force of the aviation units of the 1st Cavalry. On 07 April, the South Vietnamese III Airborne Task Force air assaulted three mortar fire.
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