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1967 Vietnam Combat Operations VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1967 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam 1 VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1967 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam Stéphane Moutin-Luyat – 2011 distribution unlimited Front cover: Members of Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, descend the side of Hill 742 located five miles northwest of Dak To, Operation MACARTHUR, November 1967. (Center of Military History) 2 VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1967 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam This volume is the third in a series of chronologies of Allied Cav: 1-10 Cav (-), Co 1-69 Arm, Plat 1-8 Inf, 3-6 Art (-); Div combat operations conducted during the Vietnam War from Arty: 6-14 Art, 5-16 Art (-); Div Troops: 4th Eng Bn (-). Task 1965 to 1973, interspersed with significant military events and organization (effective 8 March): 1 st Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 1-8 Inf, augmented with a listing of US and FWF units arrival and depar- 3-8 Inf, 2-35 Inf, 6-29 Art (-), C/2-9 Art, A/4th Eng. 2d Bde, 4 th ture for each months. It is based on a chronology prepared for Inf Div: 1-12 Inf, 1-22 Inf, 4-42 Art (-), B/4th Eng; TF 2-8 Inf the Vietnam Combat Operations series of scenarios for The Inf: 2-8 Inf (-), B/6-29 Art, A/4-42 Art; TF 1-69 Arm: 1-69 Arm Operational Art of War III I've been working on for more than (-), Plat 2-8 Inf, B/3-6 Art, A/5-16 Art; TF 1-10 Cav: 1-10 Cav four years, completed with additional information obtained in (-), Co 1-69 Arm, C/3-4 Cav (-), Plat 2-8 Inf, 3-6 Art (-), B/7-13 primary source documents. It does not pretend to be a compre- Art; Div Arty: 6-14 Art, 5-16 Art (-), Plat 2-8 Inf; Div Troops: 4th hensive listing, data are scarcely available when dealing with Eng Bn (-). Task organization (effective 28 March): 1 st Bde, 4 th South Vietnamese or Korean operations, for example. Inf Div: 1-8 Inf, 3-8 Inf, 1-12 Inf, C/2-8 Inf, C/3-4 Cav (-), 6-29 Art, B/4-42 Art, C/4-42 Art, A/4th Eng. 2d Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 2-8 Each operation is presented in the following format: Inf (-), 1-22 Inf, 4-42 Art (-), C/2-9 Art, A/3-6 Art, Plat B/1-69 Arm, B/4th Eng (-); TF 1-69 Arm: 1-69 Arm (-), Plat C/2-8 Inf, Date Operation: name of the operation, when available B/3-6 Art, A/5-16 Art; TF 1-10 Cav: 1-10 Cav (-), C/3-6 Art; Div Location: population centers, landmarks, province. Type: type Arty: 6-14 Art, 5-16 Art (-), 1-92 Art, D/6-40 Art; Div Troops: of operation, when available. Controlling headquarters: when 4th Eng Bn (-). Intelligence: 1st PAVN Div: 32nd, 33rd and 66th available. Task organization: friendly units involved, when Rgts; 10th PAVN Div: 88th, 95B and 101C Rgts; 24th PAVN Rgt; available. Intelligence: enemy situation and forces, when 200th PAVN Art Bn; 407th PLAF MF Bn; H15 PLAF LF Bn. Execu- available. Execution: brief description, when available. Res- tion: Operation PAUL REVERE V (renamed SAM HOUSTON on 12 ults: friendly and enemy casualties, when available. Feb) started on 1 Jan 67, but did not really get going until the division crossed the Nam Sathay River in mid February. Then, in A glossary of acronyms and abbreviations is available on page the next five weeks, the division had nine major contacts and a 59. small number of contacts with NVA squad or platoon sized ele- ments. The operation unfolded in five phases. During Phase 1 (1 Color Code: Jan-14 Feb), screening and search and destroy operations were conducted along the Cambodian border while the cavalry squad- COLOR United States Army ron and armor battalion conducted route security for Routes COLOR United States Marine Corps 509, 14B and 19W. On 3 Jan, the CP of the 2d Bde at LZ 3 COLOR United States Air Force TANGO was hit by a 40-round mortar attack but no other signi- COLOR United States Navy ficant contact was made. Phase 2 (15-21 Feb) saw the heaviest COLOR Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces contacts during SAM HOUSTON. A build up of intelligence indic- COLOR Free World Forces ated that enemy forces were entering the area west of the Nam Sathay River. The decision was made to commit two infantry JANUARY battalions into FSBs west of the river. On 15 Feb, 1-12 Inf clashed with the 8th Bn, 66th PAVN Rgt on LZ 501 NORTH, killing 1 Jan. A new CIDG Camp opens at Con Thien, Quang Tri 113 and suffering 12 KIA and 32 WIA. On 16 Feb, C/2-8 inf was nd Province, for detachment A-110. ambushed by elts of the 32 PAVN Rgt, enemy casualties were 1 Jan. US military strength in the RVN is 395,000. 114 KIA while US losses were 23 KIA and 21 WIA. That same 1 Jan. 7th Air Force takes over operational control of 140 USA day, A/1-22 Inf also made contact with the enemy, killing 33 but st Caribou (CV-2) aircraft, redesignated C-7A and assigned to 834th losing 20 KIA and 21 WIA. On 19 February, the 1 Bde HQ Air Division. began moving from Tuy Hoa to New Plei Djereng and joined the 1 Jan. MARKET TIME Swift boats intercept 70-foot steel-hulled operation. On 21 Feb, B/2-8 Inf investigating the results of a B- trawler 20 km off southern coast of An Xuyen; trawler beached 52 strike, was ambushed by an estimated NVA battalion east of and burned. the Nam Sathay. 43 enemy were killed, 7 US KIA and 34 US 1 Jan.-5 Apr. Operation: PAUL REVERE V/SAM HOUSTON WIA. During Phase 3 (22 Feb-15 Mar) the AO was divided st Location: Pleiku, New Plei Djereng, Duc Co, Plei Doc, Edap between the two brigades, the 1 assumed responsibility of the Enang, LZ 3 TANGO, LZ 501 NORTH, Route 14, Route 19, Route area between the Se San and Nam Sathay Rivers and the 2d 509, Nam Sathay River, Se San River, Plei Trap Valley, Base Area operated west of the Nam Sathay to the Cambodian border. On 702, Pleiku and Kontum Provinces. Type: search and destroy. 25 Feb, A/1-12 Inf moving out of FSB 501 detected an L-shaped Controlling headquarters: 4th Inf Div. Task organization ambush and engaged the enemy, killing 48 whiling suffering 1 th (effective 1 January): 2d Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 2-8 Inf, 1-12 Inf, 1-22 KIA and 30 WIA. On 27 Feb, a LRP team from the 4 Inf Div on Inf, 4-42 Art, D/5-16 Art; 3d Bde, 25 th Inf Div 1: 1-14 Inf, 1-35 a BDA mission landed on the Cambodian side of the Nam Sathay Inf, 2-35 Inf, 2-9 Art, C/5-16 Art, B/3-6 Art, D/65th Eng; TF 1-10 River by error and had a brief contact with enemy forces before Cav: 1-10 Cav (-), C/3-4 Cav, Rifle Co 3/25 Inf; Div Arty: 6-14 being whisked away. On 12 March, 2-35 Inf made heavy contact Art, 5-16 Art (-); Div Troops: 1-69 Arm (-), 4th Eng Bn (-). Task near the border, killing 55 by bodycount while losing 14 KIA and organization (effective 31 January): 2d Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 1-8 46 WIA. Phase 4 (16-28 Mar) saw the two brigades moving to Inf, 2-8 Inf, 1-12 Inf (-), 1-22 Inf, 4-42 Art, A/6-29 Art; TF 2-35 an area bordered by the Se San to the north, the Pleiku defense Inf: 2-35 Inf (-), A/2-9 Art, A/1-69 Arm; TF 1-69 Arm: 1-69 sector to the east, the 20 grid line to the south and the Cam- Arm (-), C/3-4 Cav (-), B/2-35 Inf, 5-16 Art (-), B/3-6 Art), B/7- bodian border to the west. The 2d Bde searched an area called 13 Art; TF 1-10 Cav: 1-10 Cav (-), C/1-69 Arm, 3-6 Art (-); Div the Plei Doc 15 km southwest of 3 TANGO and an equal distance Arty: 6-14 Art, C/5-16 Art, D/5-16 Art; Div Troops: 4th Eng Bn northwest from Duc Co. On 22 Mar a recondo patrol from 1-8 (-), Plat C/1-12 Inf. Task organization (effective 19 February): Inf lost radio contact for an extended period, and A/1-8 Inf was 1 st Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 2-8 Inf, 2-35 Inf, A/1-8 Inf, 6-29 Art (-), sent to search for them, bumping into a battalion from the 95B A/4-42 Art, C/2-9 Art, A/4th Eng. 2d Bde, 4 th Inf Div : 1-12 Inf, 1- PAVN Rgt. 136 enemy were killed while US losses were 27 KIA 22 Inf, 4-42 Art (-); TF 1-8 Inf Inf: 1-8 Inf (-), A/6-29 Art, B/6- and 48 WIA. Phase 5 (29 Mar-5 Apr) saw the removal of the 29 Art; TF 3-8 Inf: 3-8 Inf, C/6-29 Art; TF 1-69 Arm: 1-69 Arm bridge across the Se San and extensive cordon and search oper- (-), C/3-4 Cav (-), Plat 1-8 Inf, B/3-6 Art), B/7-13 Art; TF 1-10 ations of villages and hamlets within the AO.
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