Vietnam War Timeline

76
11 January 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg

3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Lanetta YA857457

Unit Locations:
A 1/35 (-) LZ Lanetta YA857457
B 1/35 (-) LZ MaryEtta YA766492
C 1/35 (-) LZ Betty YA905505
D 1/35 OPCON to 2/1 Cav
Recon Plt ZA054374
4.2 Mortar Plt, LZ Lanetta

Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 11 January 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Lanetta YA857457, Battalion Headquarters (Forward), A Company 1/35, E Company, C Battery 2/9 artillery, 3rd platoon D Company 4th Engineers Battalion, counter mortar section from the 52 group; At LZ MaryEtta YA766492; B Company, 1 CSF platoon from the new Special Forces Camp at Plei Djerang; At LZ Betty YA905505; C Company, At grid YA729501; OPCON Units: D Company OPCON 2/1 Cav; At LZ Oasis; Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Forward); At Base Camp (Camp Enari); Battalion Headquarters (Rear). No significant activities occurred in the area of operations during the reporting period.

0102 hours (C) A Co reports that they received 3 rounds, 4 rounds and then 1 round all of small arms fire, all from the south, fired ILL had negative surveillance.

0850 hours (C) To the S-3 from the Bde S-3: you are to provide a demonstration team for the new Airmobile concept, you are to have a representative go and attend the briefing at Division today, you are to have a 60 man team for a dress rehearsal, before the Chief of Staff 19 Jan, 3rd Bde is 20, 21, 22 and Commanding General 24 Jan, will pick up 1 representative to go to Division for the briefing today.

1605 hours (C) Snoopy Baron (relay at YA920518) has movement and they are shutting down temporarily, but if they are in trouble they will call.

1613 hours (C) Snoopy Baron saw a person looking over a rock at them, they went to investigate and they found bare footprints, they are now employing 81mm mortar from LZ Betty.

2121 hours (C) C Co informs us that 58 rounds of 81mm HE mortar and 8 rounds ILL were fired by them while aiding Snoopy Baron, reports that all is quiet at this time.

2243 hours (C) Snoopy Baron informs us that three individuals charged his position, he threw grenades and he thinks that he got all three.

2300 hours (C) Bde requests to know if the three VC/NVA are confirmed KIA, C Co informs them that the VC/NVA were about 20 meters away when the grenade was thrown, fired ILL and observed three individuals laying of the ground, end of the mission on the light organics and the movement stopped.