Vietnam War Timeline

43
19 January 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg

3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Tango ZA035663

Unit Locations:
A 1/35 YA942635
B 1/35 LZ Tango ZA035663
Snoopy Baron 008657
C 1/35 YA937687
D 1/35 YA948664
Recon Plt LZ Oasis
4.2" Mortar Plt, LZ Oasis

Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 19 January 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Tango ZA356637, Battalion Headquarters (Forward), B Company, C Battery 2/9 artillery, 3rd platoon (-) D Company 4th Engineers Battalion, A Company YA942635; C Company YA937687, D Company YA948664; At LZ Oasis; Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Forward), E Company; At Base Camp (Camp Enari); Battalion Headquarters (Rear).

At 1010 hours 19 January 1969 C Company reported making contact at grid YA934692 estimated to be one NVA squad, the enemy is under cover and the company is trying to flush them out in the open, one (1) US causality. At 1151 hours a gunship was making a run near C Company location and one EM from C company at the rear of the column was slightly wounded by a frag but there was no need for a Dust-Off as the wound was only slight in nature. One CSF Company from Plei-Mrong OPCON to the 1/35 Infantry CA'd to grid YA954707 as a blocking force. At 1630 hours 19 January 1969 C Company found the following equipment at grid coordinate YA943687, many caves, NVA frequencies, pictures of NVA officers, 31 ruck sacks, 50 uniforms, personal gear, 1 NVA flair pistol, 1 headset, machine gun ammunition, 60mm mortar rounds, AK-47 ammunition, 10 helmets, 1 B-40 Rocket, 3 Chinese Communist grenades, 2 Chinese Communist Claymore mines, 1 ton of rice.

0905 hours (C) SECRET message from Bde: To the Bn CO; Ranger blocking force to the west of our units will be withdrawn 191200 Jan 69. SECRET, your units will insure the control of the high ground along the west boundary in addition to the accomplishment of the search and clear mission that was previously assigned, need a QSL, and the S-3 gives his QSL.

1010 hours (C) Bde informs us that C Company is in contact at this time at he location where they found caves earlier, 1 enemy WIA at this time, C Co believes that the enemy is below the caves, they are not sure of their location at this time.

1120 (C) Shamrock 50 reports receiving air/ground fire at grid 907686, seemed to be small arms automatic weapons fire.

1145 hours (C) In reference to items 28 and 34 Bn CO informs us the C Co reported that they had spotted 2 VC/NVA at 1100 hours, C Co fired on them and the enemy fled to the northwest, they followed them and came upon 5 more VC/NVA, C co fired upon this second group of enemy soldiers and they believe that they killed at least one of them, gunships are blocking by fire at this time.

1400 hours (C) Bde CO informs us that C Co is in contact and suffering casualties at this time.

1412 hours Bn CO informs us that C Co has 1 WIA at this time, estimated size of the enemy force is 1 platoon, Bn CO wants another bird ASAP, the one that he is currently using is out of fuel at this time.

1430 hours (C) Requested a Dust-Off for the EM in C Co; EM is badly wounded by order of the Bde CO.