1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division S-3 Radio Logs
March 13 - March 15
1967
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONTACT OF THE 1-22 INFANTRY, 4TH ID, DURING THE PERIOD 13-15 MAR, 1967 WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER LOG DA FORM 1594
HQ 2D BDE FWD PLEI TOUN BRENG YA 853452 13-15 MAR 67
13 MAR 67
TIME
0108 1/22 RECEIVING MORTAR FIRE AT FSB, EST 7 RDS SO FAR
0113 1/22 REPTS RADAR PICKED UP MORTAR FIRE AT YA606690 & YA 604586
0120 1/22 REPTS NOT RECEIVING ANY RDS AT THIS TIME EST 15-20 RDS.
MOST LANDED WERE ARTY WAS SHIFTED FM
0130 1/22 REPTS ONE DIRECT HIT ON BUNKER, RESULTS 1 WIA SLIGHT
0245 1/22 REPTS A BURST OF AW FIRE 150 MTR TO FRONT OF OP AN AZ 190 DEG FM FSB
0400 1/22 RECEIVED APPROX 15 RDS MORTAR FIRE, REQ FOR SPOOK FIRE IN GRID SQUARE 6058 (REQ FOR SPOOK MADE TO G3, REQ DENIED).
0420 1/22 ALL 15 RDS LANDED INSIDE PERM, 1/22 3 FEELS THERE IS MULTIPLE MORT SITE WOULD LIKE TO PULL CO INTO THAT LOC TO CHECK OUT THIS AREA.
0505 1/22 RECEIVED APPROX 37 RDS FM YA610609, YA 613607.82 MM NEG CASUALTIES.ROUNDS LANDED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PERM.
0755 1/22 RECEIVING MTR FIRE FO-25 NO CAS.
0906 1/22 A CO DEPARTED ON ASGN MSN.
0940 1ST LIFT OF C CO 1/22 COMPLETED.
1000 1/22 3D LIFT OFF C/1/22 TD 4TH SORTIE C/1/22 CLOSED FSB, PREP ONE PLAT TO MOVE TO YA610610 TO CHECK AREA WHERE TAC AIR REC GROUND FIRE ON 3 OCCASIONS.
1200 1/22 NOTFIED QUAIL LRRP TO BE EXTRACTED O/A 1300 HRS. 1/22 C CO LIFT COMPLETE 1155.
1212 1/22 REPTS LZ CONSTRUCTED AT YA617676 WILL HOLD 1-CH47 OR 2 UH1D'S.
1412 Q LRRP 1/22 EXTRACTED 1411.
1600 1/22 NIGHT LOC A CO YA595592, B CO YA610650.
1605 1/22 REQUESTED CHANGE OF COMBAT PROOF TO YA66407750 MAJOR TRAIL NETWORK.
1900 1/22 RECEIVING MORTAR FIRE AT FSB.
1905 1/22 RECEIVING EST 20 RDS 82MM NOW RECEIVING SNIPER FIRE.
1920 1/22 HAS 1 WIA, WILL NOT NEED EVAC. ROUNDS STOP COMING IN AT 1905. MAN WAS SIGHTED IN TREE, FIRING WAS AT THIS INDIV. NOT SNIPER FIRE THINK HE WAS HIT, CHECKING AT THIS TIME.
1935 1/22 REPTS 2 WIA BOTH MINOR NO EVAC REQUIRED.
2034 1/22 RECEIVING MORTAR RDS, ONLY 4 RDS RECEIVED, 2 INSIDE & 2 OUTSIDE PERIMETER, RADAR PICKED THEM UP BEFORE 1ST RD HIT, AT YA605587.
2359 1/22 REPTS REC MORTAR RDS AT THIS TIME AT FSB.
14 MAR 67
TIME
0030 1/22 RECEIVED 10-12 RDS AT 2359 HRS, NEG CAS COORD 608590.
0355 1/22 FSB RECEIVING MORTAR FIRE. REC 10 RDS WHICH LANDED TO NORTH OF PERM. RADAR PICKED UP PSN BEFORE RDS LANDED AT YA607589.
0705 1/22 RPTS TRUCK IN MOTAR POOL ON FIRE LOADED WITH 4.42 AMMO.
0800 1/22 B CO SP 0750.
0921 1/22 A CO MADE CONTACT WITH UNKNOWN SIZE FORCE, COORD YA600589 0920 CONTACT BROKEN 0941
1200 1/22 A CO STILL IN CONTACT SNIPER FIRE WITH 30-40 NVA, CASUALTY 30 FRIENDLY WIA C CO ALERTED TO PREPARE TO AND A CO ON CALL.
1320 1/22 FSB BEING MTR AT THIS TIME 12 RDS, NO CAS.
1345 1/22 BEING MTR AGAIN.
1527 B 1/22 CLOSED FSB 1518 HOURS.
1555 1/22 C CO MOVING AT THIS TIME, CO C HAS 1 CASUALITY HAVING TO CARRY HIM, SHOT IN LEG. A CO STILL (IN CONTACT). 1805 1/22 C CO REACHED PLANNED LZ. STILL 4 TO 5 HUNDRED MTRS FROM A CO. PLANS TO LEAVE ONE PLAT TO SECURE LZ WHILE REST OF CO MOVE TO LINK UP WITH A CO. A CO STILL RECEIVING SNIPER FIRE.
1840 1/22 RPTS 35 WIA, 15 OF THESE ARE SERIOUS TO CRITICAL, 20 MIA A CO STRENGTH 53 MEN.
1915 1/22 C CO ABOUT 100 METERS FR LINK UP WITH A CO. 1935 1/22 C CO HAD I WIA WHICH WAS EVAC EARLIER, NOW IN VOICE LINK UP WITH A CO.
1940 1/22 A&C CO LINKED UP AT 1928 HRS.
2047 1/22 REQUEST TO TRY TO HOOK OUT CASUALTIES. ALSO LOWER A DR IN A CO LOCATION.
2147 1/22 RPTS A CO HAS 9 KIA, 30 WIA 9 MIA.
2230 1/22 WILL MARK LZ FOR MED EVAC WITH STROBE LIGHT.
2315 SPOOK ON STATION 1/22 HOOK & GUN SHIPS
2325 SPOOKY DROPPED FIRST FLARE AT A 1/22 LOC.
2330 1/22 RPTS HOOK EVAC SHIP ON STATION.
2355 1/22 HAS 4 WIA'S LIFTED OUT A CO LOC.
15 MAR 67
TIME
0005 1/22 REPTS 7 WIAS LIFTED OUT A CO LOC THIS TIME.
0025 1/22 REPTS 11 WIAS OUT AT THIS TIME 1 REMAINING CH-47 HAS 10 MINUTES LEFT ON STATION.
0036 1/22 DUST OFF SHIP IN ROUTE THIS LOC 12 WIAS ON BOARD LANDING AT 3T TO REFULE, WILL DROP OFF 2 WOUNDED. TAKE REST TO 18TH SURG.
0054 1/22 REQUEST HOOK AT 0620 TO LIFT OUT 9 MORE WIAS.
0135 4TH MED REPTS UH-1 DUST OFF LAID ON FOR 1/22 FIRST LIGHT.
0750 1/22 REQUEST HOOK IN ORDER TO LIFT A CO COMMANDER, VERY CRITICAL CONDITION.
0820 1/22 HAS COMPLETED 4 WIA IN DUST OFF MSN.
0845 1/22 HAS NVA BODY COUNT OF 25.
0909 1/22 DUST OFF SHIP RECEIVED AUTO WPN FIRE SOUTH EAST OF A CO VIC YA598598.
0955 1/22 HAS 8 WIA 17KIA MOVING TO LZ AT THIS TIME, HOOK REQUESTED.
1110 CH47 ENROUTE TO 1/22 RECEIVING AUTO WPN FIRE SOUTH EAST OF FSB.
1225 1/22 REPTS WIA'S 17, KIA 17 AT THIS TIME.
1310 1/22 C CO CAPTURED 1 NVA WIA 4 NVA KIA, TOTAL 29
1605 1/22 REPTS ALL KIA'S HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT, HAVE ABOUT 4 HOOKS LOADS OF EQUIP TO LIFT OUT OF LZ. C CO STILL SECURING LZ.
1610 1/22 A CO LOC 670670, C CO NIGHT LOC 664667
1700 A/1/22 CLOSED FSB.
2100 1/22 A CO REPTS MVMT AROUND OP'S.
The following is an excerpt from the 4th Infantry Division After Action Report covering the period of the above action.
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The above was compiled through the joint efforts of George Heidt, Jim Henderson and Bob Babcock
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