Vietnam War Timeline

49
25 January 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg

3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Charmaine YA999219

Unit Locations:
A 1/35 950663 OPCON to 1/14
B 1/35 926721 OPCON to 1/14
C 1/35 954686 OPCON to 1/14
D 1/35 958675 OPCON to 1/14
A Co 2nd platoon 952678 OPCON to 1/14
Recon LZ Tango ZA035663 OPCON to 1/14
4.2" Mortar Plt, LZ Tango OPCON to 1/14

Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 25 January 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Charmaine YA999219, Battalion Headquarters (Forward), 4.2" mortar platoon from the 1/14 Inf, 81 mm mortar platoon from B Company 1/14 Inf, counter-mortar section from the 2/9 artillery; A Company YA950663 OPCON to 1/14 Inf, B Company YA926721 OPCON to 1/14 Inf; C Company YA954686 OPCON to 1/14 Inf. At LZ Tango ZA035663; E Company OPCON to 1/14 Inf; At LZ Oasis Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Froward); At Base Camp (Camp Enari) Battalion Headquarters (Rear).

D Company CA'd from grid YA958675 to LZ Charmaine 25 January 1969 first lift down at 1040 hours, lift complete at 1400 hours. A Company will remain at Objective Bravo until all personnel reach B to include search party of downed aircraft (Dust-Off) site, will CA to LZ Brigit 25 January 1969.

1041 hours (C) S-3 passed on to Payday O that hot chow will be sent to LZ Brigit and LZ Charmaine for A & D Companies also have the S-4 meet the Bn CO at the resupply pad, have 8424 go to LZ Charmaine to take care of the troops.

1048 hours (C) Second hook lift from LZ Tango to LZ Brigit is taking place at this time.

1100 hours (C) In reference to item 14 the hook did not pick up the troops, they received heavy small arms fire and they returned to Base Camp.

1119 hours (C) Recent report on the WHA's: D Co 27 WHA, 2 sick 6 KHA; A Co 17 WHA, 1 sick 2 KHA; HQ 1 WHA 4 KHA.

1128 hours (C) Report from the S-3: No weapons were lost, 1 M-60 machine gun destroyed another M-60 machine gun possibly destroyed, there were packs lost but there is no count at this time.

1155 hours (C) Bde reports that three bodies were inside of the Dust-Off, 2 were found outside of the Dust-Off, 3 bodies were found on the LZ and the search has ended, they swept 300 meters around the LZ and the Bde CO has ordered them to return to Objective Bravo.

1300 hours (C) Bde informs us that two more bodies have been found at the Dust-Off crash site.

1510 hours (C) To Bde Commo officer from the Bn Commo officer: SOI in the possession of Major Laird has been recovered from his body. SOI in the possession of Sergeant Corum was no longer present on his body at the time of Evacuation to the 71st Evacuation hospital. RTO Ross had a PRC-77 radio on his back that was set on 66.00 1/35 Battalion Command when he was KHA, neither the radio nor the body have been recovered at this time.

1847 hours (C) From Bde: KAL 150 has been compromised do not use it at all.

2248 hours (C) At our location the radar picked up a chopper at grid 990185 circling LZ Laura at 1250 feet followed it west to grid 979190 at 1200 feet. Lost it at grid to east at 2253 hours, check with Bde and Bde says that there are negative friendly choppers in that area, artillery was employed 2 rounds VT and 2 rounds HE on LZ Laura.

2130 hours (C) From Capt. Kocsis to Bde 25: In reference to the SOI loss from Sergeant Corum (RTO) may have been recovered from the 71st Evac, my 25A will pick it up so that it can be checked for completeness, as soon as the completeness can be verified T25A will contact you direct, if you wish to expedite this check the document is supposed to be in the 41 or 43 safe at the 71st Evacuation hospital.